Ilaris®

Ilaris® works to suppress the production of an inflammatory protein. Increased levels of the inflammatory protein IL-1β cause inflammation resulting in symptoms such as fever, joint pain, and rashes. Ilaris® stops this inflammatory response.

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MANUFACTURER:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

CLASS:
Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) blocker
WHAT IT TREATS:

 

  • Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS; including Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS)
  • Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS)
  • Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID)
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS)
  • Hyper-immunoglobulin D Syndrome (HIDS)/ Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency (MKD)
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
  • Adult Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD)
  • Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA).
PRESCRIBED BY:

Various

HOW ADMINISTERED:
Injection
FREQUENCY:

Monthly or bi-monthly

Length of infusion:
Injection