Reported Reactions

Drugs › Tumor necrosis factor blocker

Brand name · Infliximab

Renflexis: adverse event reports filed with FDA

2,067 reports list it as a suspect or interacting product, 2018–2026. Class: Tumor necrosis factor blocker.

2,067
reports as suspect product
0% of all reports · about 256 a year
419
reports, 12 months to June 2026
492 in the 12 months before
86.6%
marked serious by the reporter
56.2% across the class
1%
record death among outcomes, as reported
21 reports · not verified by FDA

Between June 2018 and June 2026, 2,067 adverse event reports received by FDA list the brand name Renflexis (infliximab) as a suspect or interacting product. Reports that mention it only as a concomitant medication (111) are left out of every figure here.

In the 12 months to June 2026, 419 reports listed it, down 15% from 492 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases. Over its reporting history that is about 256 reports a year and 0% of the 20,646,523 reports in the database, and 0.2% of the reports for the tumor necrosis factor blocker class. How many people take it is not in the data, so a count is not a rate of occurrence.

Reporters most often recorded off label use (24.7%), product use issue (20.3%) and crohn's disease (8.1%). A report can list several reactions, so shares add to more than 100%; 540 different terms appear across these reports. Off label use is recorded in 24.7% of these reports, a larger share than in the median tumor necrosis factor blocker drug (13.9%).

86.6% of the reports are marked serious by the reporter (56.2% across the class); 1% record death among the outcomes and 25.5% record hospitalisation, as reported. 45.3% of the reports came from other health professionals, and the largest patient age group is 18 to 44 (26.5%). FDA states that "a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report" and that for any given report "there is no certainty that a suspected drug caused the event."

Reports by month, five years

03774Jul 2021: 13Aug 2021: 11Sep 2021: 51Oct 2021: 5Nov 2021: 22Dec 2021: 142022Jan 2022: 16Feb 2022: 17Mar 2022: 8Apr 2022: 11May 2022: 8Jun 2022: 17Jul 2022: 8Aug 2022: 13Sep 2022: 14Oct 2022: 8Nov 2022: 11Dec 2022: 742023Jan 2023: 14Feb 2023: 8Mar 2023: 12Apr 2023: 18May 2023: 21Jun 2023: 38Jul 2023: 22Aug 2023: 22Sep 2023: 44Oct 2023: 21Nov 2023: 20Dec 2023: 192024Jan 2024: 20Feb 2024: 25Mar 2024: 48Apr 2024: 28May 2024: 55Jun 2024: 40Jul 2024: 45Aug 2024: 25Sep 2024: 39Oct 2024: 62Nov 2024: 37Dec 2024: 452025Jan 2025: 37Feb 2025: 47Mar 2025: 34Apr 2025: 42May 2025: 46Jun 2025: 33Jul 2025: 38Aug 2025: 46Sep 2025: 39Oct 2025: 67Nov 2025: 38Dec 2025: 242026Jan 2026: 29Feb 2026: 35Mar 2026: 31Apr 2026: 31May 2026: 19Jun 2026: 22

Reports by the month FDA received them. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases.

By year received

02464912018: 1520182019: 12220192020: 14220202021: 19720212022: 20520222023: 25920232024: 46920242025: 49120252026: 1672026

2026 covers reports received through June 2026 only.

Reactions recorded in the reports

share of Renflexis reports recording the termmedian drug in tumor necrosis factor blocker

  1. Off label useused for a purpose or in a way not on the label24.7%510
  2. Product use issuea problem in how the product was used20.3%419
  3. Nauseafeeling sick7.8%162
  4. Dyspnoeashortness of breath7.5%154
  5. Arthralgiajoint pain6.9%143
  6. Diarrhoealoose or frequent stools6.7%138
  7. Fatiguetiredness6.6%136
  8. Malaisegeneral feeling of being unwell6.4%132
  9. Abdominal painstomach or belly pain6.2%128
  10. Headachehead pain5.9%121
  11. Drug ineffectivethe medicine did not work as expected5.7%117
  12. Product use in unapproved indicationused for a purpose not on the label5.5%114
  13. Vomitingbeing sick5.4%112
  14. Rashskin rash5%104
  15. Pruritusitching4.8%99
  16. Painpain, site not specified4.7%97
  17. Haematocheziablood in the stool4.5%93
  18. Chest discomfortchest discomfort4.5%92
  19. Flushingsudden reddening or warmth of the skin4%82
  20. Dizzinesslight-headedness or unsteadiness3.9%81
  21. Infusion related reactiona reaction during or soon after an infusion3.8%79
  22. Astheniaweakness or lack of energy3.6%75
  23. Pyrexiafever3.5%72
  24. Coughcough3.4%71
  25. Product substitution issuea problem after switching products3.2%67
  26. Erythemaskin redness3.2%66
  27. Weight decreasedweight loss3%62
  28. Back painback pain2.8%58

Top 30 of 540 MedDRA preferred terms recorded across these reports, with a plain-language gloss where one is available. One report can record several terms. The hollow bar is the median share across the 17 drugs in the tumor necrosis factor blocker class; it describes the reports, not the patients. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Outcomes recorded

Death1%21
Life-threatening2.5%52
Hospitalisation (initial or prolonged)25.5%527
Disability0.9%18
Congenital anomaly0.1%3
Other serious70.8%1,464
Not serious13.4%278

Outcome flags as the reporter set them; a report can carry several, and "other serious" is FDA's own category for serious reports outside the named outcomes. Grey bar: all 1,064,042 reports in the class. FDA has not verified any outcome and states that the reports "cannot be used to estimate the incidence of these events."

Patients and reporters

Patient age

Under 20.4%9
2 to 111.4%29
12 to 175.4%112
18 to 4426.5%548
45 to 6424.7%511
65 to 7412.2%253
75 and over5.8%120
Age not given23.5%485

Patient sex

Female54.3%1,123
Male37.8%782
Not given7.8%162

Who reported

Physician6.3%131
Pharmacist6.4%132
Other health professional45.3%937
Lawyer0%0
Consumer or non-health professional41.6%860
Not given0.3%7

Age and sex as stated in the report; the reporter's qualification is the primary source recorded by FDA. 22% of reports give the United States as the country of the event or reporter.

Reason for use recorded

Indication as recorded (MedDRA)ReportsShare
Crohn's disease80438.9%
Colitis ulcerative41920.3%
Rheumatoid arthritis1497.2%
Ankylosing spondylitis844.1%
Psoriatic arthropathy582.8%
Sarcoidosis371.8%

The indication field is filled in by the reporter and is often blank; shares are of all 2,067 reports.

Drugs most often listed in the same reports

Drug (any role in the report)ReportsShare of Renflexis reports
Prednisone25012.1%
Methotrexate1145.5%
Remicade693.3%
Azathioprine673.2%
Folic acid673.2%
Mesalamine663.2%
Vitamin d663.2%
Acetaminophen643.1%
Tylenol643.1%
Pantoprazole633%

Other products listed in reports where Renflexis is a suspect product, whatever their own role. Co-listing means the two were recorded together; it says nothing about either product's part in the event. Only the 2,500 most-reported names are counted here.

In context

MeasureRenflexisTumor necrosis factor blockerAll reports
Reports as suspect product2,0671,064,04220,646,523
Share of that pool—0.2%0%
Reports, latest 12 months419—1,332,454
Marked serious86.6%56.2%57.4%
Death recorded among outcomes, per 1,000 reports105291
Hospitalisation recorded, per 1,000 reports255182213
Consumer-filed share41.6%32.3%45.8%
Top term, share of reportsOff label use 24.7%median 13.9%4.1%

Shares are of reports, not of patients treated. The number of people taking a product is not in the data, so none of these figures is a rate, and differences between columns reflect who takes a product, who reports and how long it has been sold. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic."

Other drugs in the tumor necrosis factor blocker class

DrugName typeReportsLatest 12 monthsMarked serious
Enbrelbrand561,3394,67433.3%
Remicadebrand155,2273,30487.4%
Cimziabrand87,2214,93254.9%
Simponibrand70,4074,80375%
Infliximabgeneric52,5827,09297.3%
Adalimumabgeneric39,3387,36295.7%
Certolizumab pegolgeneric27,3952,23297.2%
Inflectrabrand25,30086383.4%
Etanerceptgeneric18,3971,38196.3%
Hyrimozbrand8,4821,97083.9%
Golimumabgeneric7,16392996.8%
Simponi Ariabrand3,63317031.4%
Infliximab-dyybgeneric2,0271,39486.3%
Amjevitabrand1,41633422.5%
Hadlimabrand1,08742861.9%

Ordered by report count for navigation only. FDA states that adverse event reports "represent a small percentage of total usage numbers of a product", that "common products may have a higher number of adverse events due to the higher total number of people using the product", and that the data "by themselves are not an indicator of the safety profile of the drug or biologic." A brand and its generic are separate rows because reporters name them separately.

Questions about Renflexis reports

How many adverse event reports has FDA received for Renflexis?

2,067 reports list Renflexis as a suspect or interacting product in the openFDA FAERS release of 28 Sep 2026, covering reports received through June 2026. 419 of them arrived in the latest 12 months. Another 111 list it only as a concomitant medication.

What reactions are recorded in Renflexis reports?

off label use (24.7%), product use issue (20.3%), crohn's disease (8.1%), nausea (7.8%) and dyspnoea (7.5%). These are MedDRA preferred terms coded from what the reporter described; a report can list several, and a term's presence is not a finding that Renflexis was responsible.

How serious are the reports?

86.6% are marked serious by the reporter. Among the outcomes recorded, 1% of reports include death and 25.5% include hospitalisation. FDA has not verified these outcomes and states that the reports "cannot be used to estimate the incidence" of the events.

Who files these reports?

other health professional (45.3%), consumer or non-health professional (41.6%) and pharmacist (6.4%). Most reports reach FDA through the manufacturer, which must forward reports it receives.

Are reports for Renflexis rising?

419 reports in the 12 months to June 2026, down 15% from 492 in the 12 months before. FDA releases FAERS data quarterly, so the newest months are incomplete and grow in later releases. Counts also move with how many people take a product, its time on the market and publicity.

Do these reports show that Renflexis was responsible for these reactions?

No. FDA states that "a causal relationship cannot be established between product and reactions listed in a report" and that for any given report "there is no certainty that a suspected drug caused the event." The reaction may relate to the condition being treated, to other medicines, or to something else.

Is this a list of the side effects of Renflexis?

No. It is a count of what was reported to FDA. The adverse reactions observed in clinical studies are printed on the FDA-approved label, which a pharmacist or clinician can go through with you.

How do I report an adverse event?

Consumers and health professionals can report to FDA through MedWatch (Form FDA 3500 online, or 1-800-FDA-1088), or to the manufacturer, which must pass reports on. See the guide on how to report.

Where this comes from. Counts are built from the openFDA Drug Adverse Event (FAERS) bulk export released 28 Sep 2026, which holds reports FDA received through 30 Jun 2026. Drug names are as reported, resolved to the brand or generic name on the FDA label where openFDA's harmonisation matched them; classes are the pharmacologic class (EPC) from the label and the National Drug Code Directory of 17 Sep 2026. A report counts here when it lists Renflexis as a suspect or interacting product; reports listing it only as a concomitant medication (111) are excluded. No report narrative, lot number, patient detail or reporter identity is published. See the methodology and sources; FDA's record is authoritative, and corrections are handled within five working days.

Drug data (FAERS) through 30 Jun 2026; device data (MAUDE) through 31 Aug 2026. Not medical advice.