Anti-TNF therapy feasible in patients with infection
Rheumatology Update
A case reported by Sydney rheumatologists challenges the accepted thinking that anti-TNF therapy is contraindicated in rheumatoid arthritis patients with serious infections.
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Richard Meyer's curator insight,
June 12, 2013 7:13 AM
The findings could prompt changes in the way physicians treat patients, potentially saving significant amounts of money, although some researchers suggested that current treatments may be too well entrenched to be dislodged. Amgen's Enbrel, which had global sales of $4.23 billion last year, and similar biologic drugs are often prescribed to treat rheumatoid arthritis after patients have failed to respond to a generic drug called methotrexate, which is the most commonly used front-line therapy.
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