RINVOQ (upadacitinib) is a Janus Kinase inhibitor that is currently approved to treat a variety of conditions: moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, active psoriatis arthritis, moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis,…
May is Vasculitis Awareness Month. Vasculitis refers to a group of rare and often challenging diseases characterized by blood vessel inflammation. These conditions can affect anyone, at any age, and…
In early March 2024, Tyler Patchen reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved both intravenous and subcutaneous formulations of Tyenne (tocilizumab-aazg) for use in a variety of…
One 66-year-old patient who lives in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. received the same diagnosis from three doctors. Each doctor suggested that his symptoms pointed to temporomandibular (TMJ) joint pain. The patient and…
According to a story from Healio, recent research has suggested that giant cell arteritis, a rare immune-mediated disease, could be made worse from the use of checkpoint inhibitors, a class…
Clinical trials can be beneficial in many ways. For one, these trials show researchers whether a treatment’s impact is durable and sustained. Determining this often requires some follow-up period. According…
According to Healio, giant-cell arteritis (GCA) is seeing a worrying trend. Over a period of 18 years (2000-2018), mortality rates for GCA increased from 50 to 57.6 per 1,000 deaths.…
According to MedPage Today, a recent study performed by researchers from the Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis Center of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School found that patients with vasculitis had…
According to a story from Healio, new guidelines for the treatment of different forms of vasculitis recommend the use of biologic therapies as a first-line option for certain patients. It…
On November 26, 2018, the FDA approved a new autoinjector for individuals with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), giant cell arteritis, and polyarticular or systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (aged 2 and older). It's…
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