Abstract:
The successes of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies(mAbs)in clinical practice has drawn more attention to mAbs development. Compared to chemical drugs with small molecules, mAbs have larger molecular weight; besides, they show much higher selectivity and specificity. As a result, new pharmacokinetic(PK)and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic(PK/PD)models have been proposed to guide mAbs development. This article summarizes the unique PK characteristics of mAbs and introduces the models used in PK investigation of mAbs, such as target-mediated drug disposition(TMDD)model and physiologically based pharmacokinetic(PBPK)model. In addition, four different categories of PK/PD models for mAbs in immuno-toxicotherapy, target-cell elimination, alteration of cellular function and drug targeting are also reviewed in the present article.