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Sep 18, 2020

Roche Announces Results of EMPACTA Study for Chugai’s Actemra for the Treatment of COVID-19

TOKYO, September 18, 2020 -- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) announced that Roche issued a press release today regarding results of EMPACTA study for Actemra®/RoActemra® [generic name: tocilizumab (genetical recombination)] for the treatment of COVID-19. Actemra is a humanized anti-human IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody created by Chugai.

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