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FDA Approves Tildrakizumab for Psoriatic Arthritis

Jack Cush, MD

Sun Pharmaceuticals announced Friday that the FDA has approved its IL-23 inhibitor, tildrakizumab  (Ilumya) for use in patients with active psoriatic arthritis. This agent is already FDA approved for plaque psoriasis, and joins guselkumab and risankizumab as the third IL-23 inhibitor

Mixed Drinks, Mixed Results (10.30.2026)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow. This week on the podcast: hopeful guidelines for PMR; certainty about good & bad beverages in gout; mixed results in Sjogren's; non-lupus drugs saves lupus lives; and big hips sink ships in psoriatic arthritis

Peter Nash
@drpnash
lymphodepletion depends on individual cytokine profile and fludarabine PK effects efficacy APLAR Seoul 2026 #CAR-T #Rheum Now
Dr. John Cush
@RheumNow
2024 web survey of German rheumatologists on CAR-T & T-cell redirecting therapies. 95% willing to refer pts to specialized centers; but 5% (most severe) are suitable for TCRT. Barriers cited: high costs (82%), limited experience (65%) & limited # appropriate Pts (35%). 4.86/10 https://t.co/o62uRVsIC7

The Efficacy of Ianalumab in Sjögren’s Disease

Jack Cush, MD

The NEPTUNUS-1 and NEPTUNUS-2 trials have showed that monthly ianalumab is superior of placebo at improving Sjögren’s disease activity at week 48, even though there was no significant ESSDAI response or in the change in SSSD or ESSPRI symptom scores.

Treat-to-Target has Excellent 10-Year Outcomes in RA

MedPage Today

Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose initial treatment used a stringent treat-to-target strategy in a clinical trial were in remission 10 years later, with only modest radiographic progression over that time, researchers said.

Dr. John Cush
@RheumNow
Open Evidence study of 952 008 US clinicians (556K MDs), submitted 271 million AI clinical queries over 2.5 yrs study period. MDs submitted ~371 queries/mo - 33% for Rx & 14% fo Dx. Highest use w/ young MD, oncology, hematology, Int medicine, & family medicine https://t.co/FGErefxWD5

Joint Disease in SLE Reconsidered

Jack Cush, MD

A new Frontiers in Immunology review from Ong, Wincup and colleagues, shows that lupus arthropathy is not a single uniform entity and it is biologically under-studied and clinically mismeasured, Moreover, the biology of lupus arthritis may shed light on choosing the best therapy for MSK

Don’t Hold the JAK (10.9.2026)

Jack Cush, MD

On this week's podcast, Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news: Steroids are easy to start and hard to stop; hold the MTX but not the biologic or JAK, weighing in on avacopan, and age-old messages for old-age patients. 

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