Ocrelizumab – Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

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Ocrelizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody currently under clinical investigation and development by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche. The therapy is targeted against mature B-lymphocytes with CD20 markers on their surface, giving the drug an immunosuppressive function that might be useful in normalizing the rates of immune attacks made by the host’s immune system against its own myelinated neurons, which form the main pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS).

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Marta Ribeiro Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

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