POLIVY is a type of medicine that treats relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL).
POLIVY is an FDA-approved treatment for adults with DLBCL who have already received at least 2 prior therapies. It is used in combination with 2 other cancer treatments: bendamustine and a rituximab product.
POLIVY received an accelerated approval from the FDA. This conditional approval helps patients get earlier access to a promising drug while the company continues to conduct clinical trials to establish how well the drug works.
POLIVY is a type of medicine called an antibody-drug conjugate, or ADC. POLIVY is designed to work differently from traditional chemotherapies because it has the ability to find dividing B cells, including cancerous B cells.
Almost all B cells (including cancerous ones) have a marker on their surface called CD79b. POLIVY works by finding and attaching to B cells using the CD79b marker.
*Antibodies are also produced naturally by the body. They are a type of protein that acts as a natural defense system against disease.
POLIVY delivers an anti-cancer drug to the B cell by attaching to a CD79b B-cell surface marker.
After being taken into the B cell, POLIVY is broken down, releasing the anti-cancer drug inside the B cell.
Once released, the anti-cancer drug in POLIVY causes the dividing B cells to die, including the cancerous ones. It may also harm healthy cells in the body.
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