Polyclonal Antibodies - Pharmaceutical Uses

Pharmaceutical Uses

Digoxin Immune Fab is a the antigen binding fragment of polyclonal antibodies raised to digitalis derivative as a hapten bound to a protein and is used for the reversal of life threatening digoxin or digitoxin toxicity.

Rho(D) immune globulin is made from pooled human plasma provided by Rh-negative donors with antibodies to the D antigen. It is used to provide passive immune binding of antigen, preventing a maternal active immune response which could potentially result in hemolytic disease of the newborn.

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