October 23, 2007

News Analysis
Experts Fret About How to Regulate "Generic" Biologics

Biopharmaceuticals are beginning to come off patent, promising cost savings for patients and headaches for regulators...


Rheumatology News
Patients Do Not Report NSAID Use

Fully 18% of patients who use NSAIDs do not report them to clinicians...


BioPharm Business News
Lilly Acquires Exclusive Rights to MacroGenics' Humanized Anti-CD3 Monoclonal Antibody and Will Collaborate to Develop Autoimmune Disease Treatments

Eli Lilly and Co and MacroGenics, Inc have entered into a global strategic alliance to develop and commercialize teplizumab (MGA031 or hOKT3¦Ã1(Ala-Ala)), a humanized, non-Fc receptor binding, anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, as well as other potential next generation anti-CD3 molecules, for use in the treatment of multiple T¨Ccell-mediated autoimmune diseases...


Rheumatology News
First CDC Study to Find That 33% of Adults With Arthritis Report Reduced Ability to Work

Arthritis accounts for up to 15% of lost work days in some states, and a median 33% of adults with arthritis report...


BioPharm Business News
Hollis-Eden Reports Positive Data Demonstrating That Anti- Inflammatory Agent HE3286 (Triolex) Provides Benefit in Animal Models of Ulcerative Colitis and RA; Will Initiate Phase I/II Clinical Study in RA

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a company focused on the development of a proprietary new class of small molecules that are metabolites or synthetic analogs of endogenous adrenal steroid hormones, announced additional data on drug candidate HE3286 (Triolex), an orally active, second generation, synthetic 17- ethynyl derivative of the steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), currently in preclinical and clinical study for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders...



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The Scientific Basis of Individualized Treatment of Patients With RA: Online Byte-Size CME

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