doctors have made significant progress treating RA. That's mostly due to two types of prescriptions, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or DMARDs and biologics. Conventional DMARDs including ...

Using biologic therapy, we can try and tailor the treatment towards getting a particular person's rheumatoid arthritis under better control. There's no one-size-fits-all type of an answer for ...

Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) do not appear to negatively impact fertility among women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA), according to study ...

Original Medicare covers most medically necessary treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including biologics like adalimumab (Humira), etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade, Inflectra), and ...

The most recent biologic therapy to receive marketing approval, tocilizumab, was evaluated in a 24-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RADIATE) of patients with RA who demonstrated an ...

Exploring Regulatory Affairs, the discipline dedicated to ensuring that new drugs and biologics are safe, effective, and ...

Medication options are numerous for treating RA. They include over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription anti-inflammatory ...

Patients with RA who have used b/tsDMARDs demonstrated similar risks for multiple myeloma when compared with those taking only csDMARDs.

A safe and effective oral drug would threaten several multibillion-dollar biologic franchises, not only in rheumatoid arthritis but also in several other autoimmune conditions, including Crohn's ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who use biological DMARDs are unlikely to achieve sustained DMARD-free remission.

Original Medicare covers most medically necessary rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments, including biologics. Medicare Part D or Part B covers eligible prescription drug expenses. Which one covers ...

Switching among biologic therapies is common practice in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have an inadequate response or intolerable adverse events. Evidence from observational studies and ...