October 16, 2007

Rheumatology News
Combination Therapy is Better for RA Patients Who Partially Responded to Long-term Monotherapy

Many RA patients who have partial responses to long-term etanercept or methotrexate monotherapy can be put into remission by combining these drugs...


Rheumatology News
Enlarging Bone Marrow Lesions Add to Knee Pain

Research shows that new onset knee pain was strongly linked with an increase of two or more units in bone marrow lesions...


BioPharm Business News
Ocera Completes Enrollment in Phase III Clinical Trial of AST-120 in Fistulizing Crohn's Disease

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary compounds to treat gastrointestinal (GI) and liver diseases, announced that it has completed patient enrollment of its double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study in fistulizing Crohn’s disease...


Rheumatology News
Prolonged IV Antibiotics Produce No Lasting Benefit in Post-Lyme Cognitive Problems

The fourth randomized clinical trial to test prolonged antibiotic therapy in patients previously treated for Lyme disease confirms the lack of lasting improvement in cognitive function reported in the early studies...


BioPharm Business News
Novartis' Aclasta Receives EU Approval as First Once-Yearly Treatment for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG announced that Aclasta (zoledronic acid 5 mg) has received EU approval as the first once-yearly treatment for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis...



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