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Omvoh ® (mirikizumab-mrkz) injection

300 mg/15 mL, 100 mg/mL

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This information is provided in response to your request. Resources may contain information about doses, uses, formulations and populations different from product labeling. See Prescribing Information above, if applicable.

How is Omvoh® (mirikizumab-mrkz) metabolized and eliminated?

Mirikizumab is expected to be degraded into small peptides and amino acids via catabolic pathways. In pharmacokinetic analyses, the mean half-life was 9.3 days.

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Degradation and Clearance

Mirikizumab is a humanized immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) monoclonal antibody and is expected to be degraded into small peptides and amino acids via catabolic pathways in the same manner as endogenous IgG.1

In patients with ulcerative colitis, the

  • geometric mean (CV%) clearance was 0.0229 L/h (34%), and
  • geometric mean (CV%) elimination half-life was 9.3 days (40%).1

In patients with Crohn’s disease, the

  • geometric mean (CV%) clearance was 0.0202 L/h (38%), and
  • geometric mean (CV%) elimination half-life was 9.3 days (26%).1

In both indications, clearance was independent of dose.1

Enclosed Prescribing Information

OMVOH® (mirikizumab-mrkz) injection, for intravenous or subcutaneous use, Lilly

Reference

1Omvoh [package insert]. Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly and Company; 2025.

Date of Last Review: February 18, 2025

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