Study Suggests Tocilizumab Monotherapy May Work for Some RA Patients

“It should be noted that there was still a numeric advantage of the combo compared with stopping methotrexate and maintaining tocilizumab [in these patients],” he says.

Mary Beth Nierengarten is a freelance medical journalist based in Minneapolis.

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