Elapegademase

Elapegademase (trade name Revcovi) is a medication for the treatment of the rare disease adenosine deaminase deficiency-SCID in children and adults.

Elapegademase
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Trade namesRevcovi
Other nameselapegademase-lvlr
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administration		intramuscular
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It is a recombinant enzyme[1] that is administered weekly by intramuscular injection.[2]

Elapegademase may interact with PEGylated drugs.[2]

Elapegademase-lvlr was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2018.[3][4][5] Leadiant Biosciences was awarded a priority review voucher for its development under the pediatric rare diseases program.[6]

References
  1. "Elapegademase: Drug Information". www.uptodate.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "LexiComp: Elapegademase-lvlr". LexiComp. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. "Drug Approval Package: Revcovi". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. "Elapegademase-lvlr Orphan Drug Designation and Approval". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 24 December 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  5. "Drug Trial Snapshot: Revcovi". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. "Elapegademase - Leadiant Biosciences - AdisInsight". adisinsight.springer.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  • "Elapegademase". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.


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