Ticilimumab

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Ticilimumab
Therapeutic monoclonal antibody
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Ticilimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody produced by Pfizer. It binds to the CTLA-4 molecule, which is expressed on the surface of activated T lymphocytes. Ticilimumab is thought to stimulate patients’ immune systems to attack their tumors. Ticilimumab has been shown to induce durable tumor responses in patients with metastatic melanoma in Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical studies. See Reuben JM et al., Biologic and immunomodulatory events after CTLA-4 blockade with ticilimumab in patients with advanced malignant melanoma. Cancer. 2006 Jun 1;106 (11):2437-44.