The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AbbVie’s Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a systemic inflammatory disease that affects the skin and joints and impacts 30 percent of patients with psoriasis.
The United States Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer Inc.’s Xeljanz (tofacitinib) for the treatment of children and adolescents 2 years and older with active polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.’s Turalio for adult patients with a type of rare, non-cancerous tumor affecting joints and limbs.
Novartis released positive data from the company’s FUTURE 5 clinical trial of Cosentyx (secukinumab) in psoriatic arthritis.
Tanezumab, a non-opioid drug developed by Pfizer and Eli Lilly, met the main goals of a late-stage study in which over half of patients reported a significant reduction in hip or knee osteoarthritis pain.
For many people with a tear in the rubbery cartilage that cushions the knee, physical therapy may work just as well as surgery in terms of quieting pain and returning the joint’s function, a new study suggests.
Eli Lilly announced the results of the company’s COAST-W Phase III clinical trial of Taltz (ixekizumab) to treat ankylosing spondylitis. The study met both primary and major secondary endpoints.
Oral glucosamine – a natural supplement often marketed for joint pain – has no more effect than a dummy pill, according to a new review of available research.
Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corporation announced a new pooled analysis of data from eight Olumiant (baricitinib) clinical trials, showing that baricitinib-treated and placebo-treated patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis had similar rates of serious infection incidents.
Doctors might one day be able to harvest cells from patients’ noses to produce cartilage that can be transplanted into damaged knee joints.
