Subcutaneous ocrelizumab (SC OCR) maintains a safety profile similar to intravenous administration in multiple sclerosis patients. A 920 mg SC OCR dose was identified as optimal, with mild to moderate ...

Ocrelizumab and hyaluronidase is now the first and only twice-yearly subcutaneous injection approved for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...

Subcutaneous immunotherapy injections work the same way as their intravenous counterparts — by changing or enhancing a person’s immune responses to cancer. Immunotherapy for cancer is a broad category ...

The subcutaneous formulation of Opdivo Qvantig reduces administration time to three to five minutes, compared to 30 minutes for the IV version. This formulation offers increased convenience, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new way to give pembrolizumab (brand name: Keytruda), one of the most widely used immunotherapy treatments for cancer. For the first time, ...

This newer mode of administration for immunotherapy comes with benefits and risks. It is important for a person to work with a doctor when making treatment decisions for upper gastrointestinal (GI) ...

Dr. Eric K. Singhi discusses the benefit of subcutaneous immunotherapy following the FDA approval of subcutaneous Opdivo for patients with solid tumors. On Dec. 27, 2024, the Food and Drug ...