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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2016 Jun;16(6):46. doi: 10.1007/s11882-016-0624-7

Table 1.

Currently Approved and Discontinued Biologics

Generic Name Brand Name Indications
Innate Immunity
Eculizumab Soliris Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Anakinra Kineret Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease
Canakinumab Ilaris Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome
Muckle-Wells syndrome
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA)
Rilonacept Arcalyst Cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes
Tocilizumab Actemra RA, SJIA, Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Adaptive Immunity
Secukinumab Cosentyx Plaque psoriasis, Psoriatic arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Ustekinumab Stelara Plaque psoriasis, Psoriatic arthritis
T cells
Basiliximab Simulect Renal transplant rejection
Abatacept Orencia RA, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
Belatacept Nulojix Renal transplant rejection
Ipilimumab Yervoy Melanoma, unresectable or metastatic; adjuvant
Adhesion Molecules
Natalizumab Tysabri Multiple sclerosis
Ankylosing spondylitis Crohn’s disease (CD)
Vedolizumab Entyvio Inflammatory bowel disease (CD, ulcerative colitis)
B cells
Rituximab Rituxan RA
Granulomatous polyangiitis, Microscopic polyangiitis
Belimumab Benlysta Systemic lupus erythematosus
Discontinued
Daclizumab Renal transplant rejection
Efalizumab Plaque psoriasis
Atacicept Systemic lupus erythematosus