Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) gets a new parameter to be detected via the IMMray blood test developed by Immunovia, a Swedish company which observed promising findings in a clinical study conducted in conjunction with Linköping University.
Gilead Sciences (NSDQ:GILD) is reportedly slated to pay Alphabet’s Verily Life Sciences $90 million over three years to analyze cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and lupus-related diseases.
Eli Lilly and Incyte’s second attempt to get U.S. approval of rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib could be scuppered again by lingering FDA concerns about safety. A briefing document published ahead of the April 23 advisory committee meeting on baricitinib suggests that Lilly and Incyte’s lightning-fast amendment and refile of the dossier hasn’t added enough data to persuade the FDA to change its stance on the risk of blood clots with the JAK inhibitor.
AbbVie’s investigational JAK1-inhibitor upadacitinib yielded positive top-line results in a Phase III trial as a monotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients. But the drug shows that it is still plagued by some safety concerns.
XELJANZ/XELJANZ XR, THE FIRST ORAL JAK INHIBITOR IN THE U.S. FOR ADULTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, IS NOW APPROVED FOR ADULTS WITH ACTIVE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS
Maintaining sufficient vitamin D levels may help to prevent the onset of inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered.
New research suggests that people with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is a group of lung diseases that damage the airways and cause problems with breathing.
A legal brawl between two of the world’s largest drug companies could shape the future of a nascent market of copycat drugs that are intended to bring down the cost of the most advanced and expensive medicines.
AbbVie’s upadacitinib has hit primary and secondary targets in the first late-stage trial of the drug involving patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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