Friday was a mega-day in Madrid as this day all the late-breaking (LB) abstracts were presented, in addition to the bulk of high-impact podium presentations in several areas.
Here are the major presentations from several clinical areas:
Lupus
Dr. Jack Cush reviews some of the highlights from the past week at EULAR 2017 - June 16, 2017.
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Today I was fortunate to be a part of a From Bench to Bedside session on the topic of controlling the balance between cancer and autoimmunity, chaired by Drs. Leonard Calabrese and Xavier Mariette.
Vaccinating our rheumatoid arthritis patients against influenza every year is a safety priorty. However immunosuppressive therapies pose a challenge to vaccine administration as their use can hamper vaccine immunogenicity.
The NEJM reports success when using mepolizumab (anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibody) in a 52 week study of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).
Genentech announced on May 22 that subcutaneous (sc) tocilizumab (TCZ) was granted FDA approval for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) – also known as temporal arteritis.
A single-center, uncontrolled, 10-year follow-up study of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) shows that treatment with rituximab (RTX) in patients with RA-related interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) may forestall ILD progression.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights from the past week on RheumNow.com:
Something is curiously wrong when a drug induces the disease it is intended to treat. Yet this phenomenon has been described with all five FDA-approved TNF inhibitors.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the past week's news, articles and advances from RheumNow.com.
Pregnancy imposes a potential risk for infection.
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