Tocilizumab Shortage Prompts US FDA To Loosen CAR-T REMS Requirements
Executive Summary
CAR-T cell immunotherapies can be administered when only one dose of Roche's Actemra is available on-site for each patient, rather than two doses required under REMS for the immunotherapies. The change is one of the few pandemic-related REMS revisions that has been made public.
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