Cuba to access rituximab biosimilar through Biocad

17 May 2018

Russian biosimilar manufacturer Biocad has had its rituximab equivalent approved by the Cuban Ministry of Health, and will begin issuing the drug to patients by the end of 2018.

In Cuba, around 1,000 people per year are diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and some 700 die as a result of the disease.

Rituximab can also be used to treat rheumatiod arthritis, which around 1% of Cubans also suffer from, leaving them at risk of rapid degeneration into disability if left untreated.

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