NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Dose optimization of infliximab is needed much earlier in ulcerative colitis than in Crohn’s disease, a single-center retrospective study reveals. “We compared the rates of dose increases over a fairly lengthy period of time,” said Dr. Mark Silverberg, the study’s senior author from the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. “Patients with ulcerative…
Ixekizumab Clinical Trials Continue; FDA Updates Warning Label for Varenicline
It seems to have begun in Norway, the international pressure to switch patients from well-known brand biologic agents, such as Remicade (infliximab), to biosimilar agents, due to a significant cost advantage.1 This biosimilar came with a 39% price markdown last year compared with the brand, and when Norway called for bids, the discount went to…
Antibodies to Remicade Cross-React with Biosimilar Remsima
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Antibodies to infliximab in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with Janssen’s Remicade cross-react with the biosimilar Remsima from Celltrion (distributed as Inflectra by Hospira in the U.S.), researchers from Israel report. “The cross-reactivity of anti-Remicade antibodies with Remsima attests to shared immune triggering points (epitopes) on these two agents, and…
Biosimilar for Infliximab Launched in Europe
Plus, updates on arhalofenate, ALO-02, and other rheumatology drug news, safety information
Infliximab, Tocilizumab Can Help in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Case studies show some patients with LVV can achieve remission after treatment with biological agents
10 Tips for Opioid Prescribing
How to manage the risks when prescribing medications for patients in chronic pain
New HCPCS Modifiers Replace -59 on January 1, 2015
Referred to as -X modifiers, they are designed to define specific subsets of -59 modifier
Diagnosis, Treatment for Patient with Psoriasis, Fever, Bloating, and Rash
A 65-year-old man presents with symptoms of erythrodermic psoriasis flare
Coding Corner Answer: September
Coding for first infliximab infusion in patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Coding Corner Question: September
Coding for first infliximab infusion in patient with rheumatoid arthritis
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- Next Page »