Two recent trials demonstrated the safety and efficacy of risankizumab-rzaa for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis.... [Read More]
FDA Approves Risankizumab-rzaa for PsA
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Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Update
About 30% of patients with psoriasis have psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a complex, multi-faceted, chronic, inflammatory musculoskeletal and skin disease for which the treatment has changed considerably over the past few years.1 Biosimilars and other new drugs have become a therapeutic turning point for many patients suffering from rheumatic illnesses, including PsA. The treatment of PsA… [Read More]
ACR Leads AMA Resolution on Payer Financial Incentives to Patients to Switch Treatment
Spurred by a recent Cigna policy, the ACR will lead a resolution to oppose insurance companies providing financial incentives for patients to switch treatments. Several specialties are cosponsoring the resolution for a special meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in June. ... [Read More]
Cigna Offers Patients Financial Incentive to Switch Treatments
The ACR has sent a letter to Cigna expressing opposition to the initiative, which jeopardizes patients’ health, interferes with medical decision making, undermines the doctor-patient relationship and may disproportionately affect patients of lower socioeconomic status.... [Read More]
FDA Approves AbbVie’s New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug
(Reuters)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved AbbVie Inc.’s new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a win for the drugmaker seeking to widen its portfolio as its blockbuster flagship therapy Humira (adalimumab) faces competition. The drug, Rinvoq (upadacitinib), is a JAK inhibitor. It is set to compete with Pfizer Inc.’s Xeljanz (tofacitinib)… [Read More]
FDA Approves Risankizumab, Adds Stronger Warning to Sleep Medications
The FDA has approved rizankixumab to treat adults with plaque psoriasis and added boxed warnings to sleep medications…... [Read More]