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Jun 25, 2021

Genentech Announces FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Chugai’s Actemra for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

TOKYO, June 25, 2021 -- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 4519) announced that Genentech issued a press release on June 24 (local time) regarding the Emergency Use Authorization by the US FDA for Actemra®, a humanized anti-human IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody [generic name: tocilizumab (genetical recombination)] created by Chugai, for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults and children.

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