Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) received Food and Drug Administration FDA approval for a new device for administering adalimumab Humira, indicated for the treatment of moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. The Hum Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) received Food and Drug Administration FDA approval...
Centocor, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has approved REMICADE® infliximab to reduce the signs and symptoms of active arthritis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. An immune-mediated inflammatory disease, psoriatic arthritis affects approximately one million men and women in the U.S. and is often...
NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex to treat symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis that affects the spine. The drug has heretofore been used to combat the pain of osteo arthrit NEW YORK --...
This easy-on, easy-off bathing suit is ideal for people with Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, Arthritis, weakness on one side of the body. The stylish design offers secure Velcro closures, and ... This easy-on, easy-off bathing suit is ideal for people with Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis,...
KENSINGTON, Md., May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Psoriasis Cure Now," a patient advocacy group, responded today to news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has approved Remicade infliximab to reduce the signs and symptoms of active artKENSINGTON, Md., May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Psoriasis Cure Now," a patient...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 15, 1996--Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) Monday announced that it has begun initial human clinical trials of tumor necrosis factor binding protein (TNF-bp) in treating rheumatoid arthritis.
Centocor, Schering-Plough Revise Agreement Covering REMICADE, Golimumab HORSHAM, Pa. and KENILWORTH, N.J., Dec. 24 -- Centocor, Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced they have revised their 1998 distribution agreem Centocor, Schering-Plough Revise Agreement Covering REMICADE,...
Ciba-Geigy gives UCSD $20 million for arthritis study The University of California, San Diego last week announced that Ciba-Geigy has promised $20 million to support the arthritis research on campus. The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company is Ciba-Geigy gives UCSD $20 million for...
The business of cutting-edge pain killing received a timely shot in the arm last week when the Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for another competitor to aspirin. Bextra, an arthritis drug made by Pharmacia Corp.PHA in Peapack, ...
Wobenzym supplements are a Germany-based agent that treats symptoms arising from arthritis. Arthritis is a painful joint and degeneration disease. Arthritis includes osteoarthritis, which is a degenerated malady of the joints. Gouty arthritis, spinal fusions, and rheumatoid arthritis, which affect the spine, joints, cartilages, tendons, ligaments, etc, and can cause...
DEAR ABBY: For the past 25 years, my husband, "Don," has had his hair cut by a woman I'll call "Barber-Ella." She's slim, attractive and full of energy. Don has mentioned that she often pats him on the leg and kind of flirts with him. We have been...
Psoriasis can be a maddening disease. Patches of thick, inflamed skin covered with silvery scales form here and there on the patient's body, often on the elbows, knees, other parts of the legs, scalp, lower back, face, palms, and soles of the feet. They usually itch or feel sore, and...
The 76ers' fans never really got to know Jeff Ruland. To them, he was the hulking 6-10 center/power forward acquired from Washington in June 1986, who made it through only five games in 1986-87, hobbled by a bad knee. "It was disappointing, but put yourself in my shoes - I...
New details about how rheumatoid arthritis destroys bone have been uncovered by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers, who said their findings are already helping efforts to create new drugs to reverse the process. Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that affects about two million Americans, causes swelling, pain...