The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a shorter two-hour infusion time for Roche Group member Genentech’s Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), dosed twice-yearly for those living with relapsing or primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) who have not experienced any prior serious infusion reactions.
Roche aims to defend the company’s multiple sclerosis (MS) franchise from rivals Novartis and Sanofi with new studies of the Swiss drugmaker’s $4 billion-per-year Ocrevus product and advanced trials of the experimental medicine fenebrutinib.
