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Developing new treatments for kids with arthritis is challenging. Drugs that work for adults may not work the same way in children. Ask any pediatrician and they will remind you that kids are not just small adults. Children are still growing and developing. They are different sizes and at different stages of development, which makes dosing and safety considerations more challenging. The types of additional medical conditions children experience may be very different from the conditions seen in adults.Continue readingDeveloping New Treatments for Kids With Arthritis→
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late March approved the biologic medication certolizumab pegol (Cimzia), a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, to treat a newly defined condition called non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA).Continue readingFDA Approves First Drug for Newly Defined Spinal Condition→
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the biologic drug sarilumab (Kevzara) for the treatment ofrheumatoid arthritis(RA). Sarilumab blocks a protein called interleukin-6 (IL-6), which plays a key role in many inflammatory diseases, including RA. It’s the secondIL-6 inhibitor获得FDA对RA的批准;the other, tocilizumab (Actemra), got the nod in 2010.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approvedRenflexis(infliximab-abda), a biosimilar toRemicade(infliximab), making it the fourth biosimilar approved to treat inflammatory types of arthritis.
Renflexisis the second approved biosimilar toRemicade. The first one,Inflectra(infliximab-dyyb), was approved in April 2016. This is the first time the FDA has approved two biosimilars for one original, “reference” medication.
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