Golimumab Subcutaneous and Vizimpro

• Generic Name: golimumab
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Simponi, Simponi SmartJect, Simponi Aria

Golimumab injection is used alone or together with other medicines (eg, methotrexate) to treat the symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis in the spine or backbone). It is also used to treat psoriatic arthritis, which is a type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling in the joints along with patches of scaly skin on some areas of the body.

Golimumab injection is used to treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis in patients who have been treated with other medicines that did not work well.

Golimumab is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: dacomitinib
• Dosage Forms: tablet, film coated
• Other Brand Names: Vizimpro

Vizimpro (dacomitinib) is a prescription medicine used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastasised).

Vizimpro is given only if your tumor has a specific genetic marker (an abnormal "EGFR" gene).

It is not known if Vizimpro is safe and effective in children.