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Published on: January 24, 2017
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1Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health, Moscow, 125167, Russia. nolov@blood.ru.
The prophylaxis of the hemolytic disease of the newborn - a mandatory procedure in obstetrics - requires significant amounts of plasma-derived polyclonal anti-D immunoglobulin. Despite numerous attempts, the proper technology for mass production of effective monoclonal anti-D is still not available. LFB Biotechnologies is currently performing clinical trials with recombinant anti-D antibody that has low fucose content and is expressed in the cells of rat myeloma YB2/0. It was shown that this drug is well tolerated, accelerates fast clearance of D+ red blood cells, and can inhibit anti-D immune response in Rhesus-negative volunteers.
The prophylaxis of the hemolytic disease of the newborn - a mandatory procedure in obstetrics - requires significant amounts of plasma-derived polyclonal anti-D immunoglobulin. Despite numerous attempts, the proper technology for mass production of effective monoclonal anti-D is still not available. LFB Biotechnologies is currently performing clinical trials with recombinant anti-D antibody that has low fucose content and is expressed in the cells of rat myeloma YB2/0. It was shown that this drug is well tolerated, accelerates fast clearance of D+ red blood cells, and can inhibit anti-D immune response in Rhesus-negative volunteers.
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