Drug Safety

In this week's podcast, Drs. Artie Kavanaugh and Jack Cush present highlights from the virtual EULAR2020 meeting held June 3-6, 2020. Featured reports include: SELECT-CHOICE study. ABA vs. UPA in…

These were my top abstracts from Thursday, 4th of June at EULAR 2020: Long Delays in Denosumab Increase Fracture Risk (SAT0453).  A UK population based study looked at risk of fracture in…

These were my top abstracts from Thursday, 4th of June at EULAR 2020: Voclosporin Effective in Lupus Nephritis (OP0277). Voclosporin is a calcineurin inhibitor that has performed well in an…

For a disease that has been recognized since the days of Hippocrates, we are finally making some progress towards understanding systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and how to tame the wolf. …

Flares in ANCA-associated vasculitis are difficult to predict, but serum calprotectin may help predict relapse and renal failure, according to data presented at the EULAR 2020 virtual meeting this…

Here is my top-five from day one at EULAR: Merkel PA, et al. (OP0011) Avacopan as effective as steroids in ANCA Associated Vasculitis (AAV) – 330 patient RCT where AAV was treated with either with…

In difficult times, it's reassuring to reflect on the similarities that bring us together. In the case of the EULAR and ACR COVID19 guidelines as discussed at #EULAR2020 by Drs. Mikuls and Landewe,…

NEJM has reported that the use of hydroxychloroquine did not prevent symptomatic COVID-19 infection when used within 4 days after SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Currently for persons who are COVID…

This week's Tuesday Nite Rheumatology featured Dr Jonathan Kay (U Mass) who gave an update on Biosimilars and took questions the subject. The program was moderated by Dr. Jack Cush.