Topic: Arthritis
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-11 15:43:52
<div><p>ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding said a late-stage study found its arthritis drug ocrelizumab helped ease symptoms of a type of rheumatoid arthritis.</p><p>The phase III trial evaluating ocrelizumab as a treatment for seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients with a previous inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) met its ...
AP News | 2009-12-11 15:03:29
<div id="subtitle">Biogen Idec, Genentech's Ocrelizumab meets key goal in rheumatoid arthritis study</div><div><p>Genentech and Biogen Idec Inc. said Friday the drug candidate Ocrelizumab met key goals in a late-stage rheumatoid arthritis study.</p><p>The companies said the drug candidate met the ...
isnare | 2009-12-11 11:58:29
It?s only recently that we?ve discovered that the same inflammatory processes that drive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also are responsible for complications that affect other internal organs. For example, heart disease, which is a common complication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is caused by inflammation.<br><br>Couple that with the fact that many patients ...
isnare | 2009-12-10 01:57:36
The term ?inflammatory arthritis? refers to a number of conditions where there is obvious inflammation of the joint. Sometimes the diagnosis is known? an example would be a patient with classic rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Unfortunately, the diagnosis is not always apparent. We know inflammation exists but we don?t have an exact label.<br><br>Dr ...
