NIVOLUMAB & RELATLIMAB

NIVOLUMAB & RELATLIMAB

Injection

*Nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw is a fixed-dose combination of two IgG4 kappa monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Nivolumab is a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) blocking antibody that has a calculated molecular mass of 146 kDa and is expressed in a recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line. Relatlimab is a lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) blocking antibody that has a calculated molecular mass of 148 kDa and is expressed in a recombinant CHO cell line. OPDUALAG (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw) injection is a sterile, preservative-free, clear to opalescent, colorless to slightly yellow solution that may contain few translucent-to-white particles. *OPDUALAG is supplied as 240 mg of nivolumab and 80 mg of relatlimab in a 20 mL single-dose vial for intravenous use. Each mL of OPDUALAG solution contains 12 mg of nivolumab, 4 mg of relatlimab, and histidine (1.1 mg), L-histidine hydrochloride monohydrate (2.7 mg), pentetic acid (0.008 mg), polysorbate 80 (0.5 mg), sucrose (85.6 mg), and Water for Injection, USP.
Each mL of concentrate for solution for infusion contains 12 mg of nivolumab and 4 mg of relatlimab. One vial of 20 mL contains 240 mg of nivolumab and 80 mg of relatlimab.
Adult patients and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older who weigh at least 40 kg: 480 mg nivolumab and 160 mg relatlimab intravenously every 4 weeks. * Administer OPDUALAG as an intravenous infusion over 30 minutes
OPDUALAG is a combination of nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) blocking antibody, and relatlimab, a lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) blocking antibody, indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma