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A large prospective cohort study examined the comparative risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and found that, methotrexate (MTX), abatacept (ABA) and TNF inhibitor (TNFi) use were associated with a decreased risk of CV events.
JAMA Internal Medicine report an analysis of recent and composite trial data suggesting that tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy in COVID-19–associated pneumonia patients with high CRP levels is likely to be effective.
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pummeled AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez for raising the price of two widely used drugs and for the company's "legally questionable" tactics to head off competition from biosimilars, despite pulling in healthy profits.
Analysis of data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance shows that rheumatic diseases infected with COVID-19 had a greater risk of death with age, comorbidities, high disease activity and few specific therapies.
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