Diseases Named After People Are Capitalized. Some disease names are capitalized because they are named after the person who discovered them. For example, Alzheimerâs disease is named after a German doctor named Alois Alzheimer.
5 Stars. Entyvio is the brand name of the generic drug vedolizumab, which is used to relieve symptoms of Crohn's disease (a condition where the body's immune system attacks the lining of the digestive tract) and ulcerative colitis (a condition that causes swelling and sores in the lining of the large intestine).
Entyvio is a medicine that contains the active substance vedolizumab. It is used to treat adult patients with ulcerative colitis (a disease causing inflammation and ulcers in the lining of the gut) or Crohnâs disease (a disease causing inflammation of the digestive tract).