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Psoriasis Therapy

Pharmacokinetics of efalizumab in psoriasis patients described

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 5th, 2005

Researchers report the population pharmacokinetics of efalizumab (humanized monoclonal anti-CD11a antibody) following long-term subcutaneous weekly dosing in psoriasis subjects in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

According to a study from the United States, "The population pharmacokinetics of efalizumab was characterized in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The study included 1,088 subjects who received 1 or 2 mg/kg/wk subcutaneous efalizumab for 12 weeks from a phase 1 (64 subjects) and 3 phase III studies with day 42 and/or day 84 trough levels (1024 patients). Due to the limitation of the data, a one-compartment model...

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