In a recent study, upadacitinib proved safe and effective to treat rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate responses to conventional synthetic DMARDs…
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CVS Health to Acquire Aetna for $69 billion
(Reuters)—U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc. for $69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring healthcare spending through lower-cost medical services in pharmacies. This year’s largest corporate acquisition will combine one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and pharmacy operators with…
Multimodal Imaging May Uncover Neural Mechanisms in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Lupus
In clinical practice, many unknowns exist about how SLE affects the brain—particularly in children. To help these young children battling pediatric SLE, Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE, is examining how advanced neuroimaging techniques may uncover potential inflammatory and non-inflammatory mechanisms of neuropsychiatric dysfunction in lupus…
European Commission Approves Subcutaneous Belimumab for SLE; FDA Safety Alert for Febuxostat
Subcutaneous belimumab has been approved in the EU to help treat patients with active autoantibody-positive SLE…
Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday & Hip Fracture Risk
New research found women on bisphosphonate therapy who take a drug holiday experience a higher rate of hip fracture…
Year in Review: Expert Covers 2017’s Key Clinical Findings
In a Year in Review session at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH, highlighted the latest and most intriguing aspects of clinical research on rheumatic diseases from 2017. His discussion touched on medical therapy, genetics, the effects of bariatric surgery and diet, cancer risk and more…
How Non-Physician Providers Can Help Your Practice
New data shows that both private and public rheumatology practices benefit financially by hiring non-physician providers (NPPs). But when should practices hire NPPs?
The Rheumatologist Selects Dr. Philip Seo as Physician Editor
For the last 20 years, Philip Seo, MD MHS, has trained, worked and conducted research at Johns Hopkins University. As an associate professor of medicine, he also serves in two other roles: as the director of the university’s fellowship training program and director of its vasculitis center. After graduating medical school from Columbia University in…
What You Need to Know about the New Medicare Card Project
Beginning in April 2018, Medicare patients will receive newly designed Medicare identification cards that replace their Social Security numbers (SSNs) with unique, randomly assigned, alphanumeric identification numbers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making the change to protect patients 65 and older from exposing their SSNs in efforts to “help prevent fraud,…
Golimumab Receives 2 More FDA Approvals
The FDA has expanded the indications for golimumab, an anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody, to include the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis…
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