Description
Romosozumab, sold under the brand name Evenity, is a medication used to treat osteoporosis. It has been found to decrease the risk of fractures of the spine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication.
Romosozumab-aqqg is a humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG2) produced in a mammalian cell line (Chinese Hamster Ovary) by recombinant DNA technology that binds to and inhibits sclerostin. Romosozumab-aqqg has an approximate molecular weight of 149 kDa.
EVENITY (romosozumab-aqqg) injection is supplied as a sterile, preservative-free, clear to opalescent, colorless to light yellow solution for subcutaneous injection in a single-use prefilled syringe.