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Rituxan (rituximab)

Detailed View: Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) – January 2011

 

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5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

5.5 Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation
  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation with fulminant hepatitis, hepatic failure, and death can occur in patients treated with Rituxan. The median time to the diagnosis of hepatitis among patients with hematologic malignancies was approximately 4 months after the initiation of Rituxan and approximately one month after the last dose.
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