ATGAM (Lymphocyte Immune Globulin, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (Equine) Sterile Solution)-250mg

ATGAM (lymphocyte immune globulin, anti-thymocyte globulin [equine]) is an immunoglobulin G, an immunosuppressant Polyclonal Antibody that lowers your body’s immune system. The immune system helps your body fight infections. T-lymphocyte (also called a thymocyte or T-cell) that are part of our immune system. In some blood disorders (aplastic anemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes [MDS]), T-lymphocytes might attack your bone marrow by mistake which makes it hard for our bone marrow to make healthy blood cells. ATGAM slows or stops the T-lymphocyte cells from attacking the bone marrow so our blood is able to make the cells it needs and not fight or “reject” a transplanted organ such as a liver or kidney.

indicated for:

• Renal transplant rejection.
• Aplastic anemia (a blood disorder that damages stem cells)
• patients unsuitable for bone marrow transplantation.
• To prevent or lessen the effects of graft versus host disease (GvHD) before or after a stem cell transplant.
• To help the bone marrow make new blood cells in patients with MDS.