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Table 1 FDA approved therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for cancer therapy

From: Targeted drug delivery for cancer therapy: the other side of antibodies

Generic name

Proprietary name

Target

Technology

Isotype

Additional manipulations

Year FDA approved

Approved clinical indication

Rituximab

Rituxin®/ Mabthera®

CD20

Mouse Hybridoma

IgG1-kappa

Chimeric

1997

NHL; later CD20+CLL, FL, RA

Transtuzumab

Herceptin®

HER-2

Mouse Hybridoma

IgG1-kappa

Humanized

1998

HER-2+ MBC

Alemtuzumab

Campath®/ Mabcampath®

CD52

Rat Hybridoma

IgG1-kappa

Humanized

2001

CL L, T-cellLymphoma

Ibritomomab tiuxitan

Zevalin®

CD20

Mouse monoclonal

IgG1-kappa

Conjugated to Yittrium-90

2002

NHL

Tositumomab

Bexxar®

CD20

Mouse monoclonal

IgG2a-lambda

Conjugated to I-131

2003

NHL

Cetuximab

Erbitux®

EGRF, HER-1

Mouse monoclonal

IgG1- kappa

Chimeric

2004

EGRF+ MCC

Bevacizumab

Avastin®

VEGF

Mouse monoclonal

IgG1- kappa

Humanized

2004

MCC

Panitumumab

Vectibixâ„¢

EGRF, HER-1

Human monoclonal

IgG2-kappa

Human

2006

MCC

Ofatumumab

Arzerraâ„¢

CD20

Human monoclonal

IgG1-kappa

Human

2009

Refractory CLL

Ipilimumab

Yervoyâ„¢

CTLA-4

Human monoclonal

IgG1-kappa

Human

2011

MMel

Pertuzumab

Perjetaâ„¢

EGFR2, HER-2

Mouse monoclonal

IgG1-kappa

Humanized

2012

BC

  1. BC, Breast cancer; MBC_Metastatic breast cancer; NHL, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; CLL, Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia; FL, Follicular Leukemia; RA, Rhematoid arthritis; MCC, Metastatic colorectal cancer; MMel, metastatic melanoma.