In patients who had not previously received methotrexate, this combination of abatacept and methotrexate showed significantly better clinical and radiographic efficacy and comparable safety than methotrexate alone. Medscape Medical News
Ferdinand C. Breedveld, MD, PhD, President, EULAR, provides expert commentary to Medscape on the new collaborative initiative between the ACR and EULAR. Medscape Rheumatology
Biologics can be highly effective for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but that effectiveness comes at a high annual cost, researchers from Canada report in the August 25th online advance issue of Arthritis Care & Research. Reuters Health Information