Rheumatoid Arthritis News

Amgen Inc. said Monday it had agreed to sell two of its smaller drugs and license a third to Swedish drugmaker Biovitrum AB in a deal valued at $130 million.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 10 Sep 2008 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the manufacturers of ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is often a more painful experience for women than it is for men, even though the visible symptoms are the same.

Osteoarthritis may seem to be just a symptom of ageing, but like any medical condition, it needs medical attention.

There are many different types of arthritis and each one has a different cause. There is also pain associated with each type, but the pattern and severity of pain varies depending on the location of the ...

Scientists are now saying that doctors should take more account of these subjective differences when assessing the need for medication.

The makers of rituximab have updated the drug's prescribing information in the wake of the death of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who had used the product as part of a clinical study, according to an FDA ...

Kinobeads Technology to Identify a New Generation of Drug Candidates for Inflammatory Diseases LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, England and PHILADELPHIA and HEIDELBERG, Germany, September 10 LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, England ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal ...

NSAIDs are the most common medications taken worldwide for the treatment of pain, inflammation, fever and arthritis, including both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis .

A new article in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, by the UCLA Cousins Center research team, reports that losing sleep for even part of one night can trigger the key cellular pathway that ...

Many have dealt with aches and pains of the joints at one time or another. It may seem just a part of life, but that's not always the case.

Although health care providers have received warnings that four drugs used to treat arthritis and other serious illnesses can cause fungal infections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring ...

Arkansas Children's Hospital is preparing to serve even more children; The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings for rheumatoid arthritis medications; The standard policy of recommending ...

The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal ...

Five-year-old Hunter Otness soon will get the service dog he needs to keep him safe thanks to a large donation from an anonymous donor.

ZymoGenetics, Inc. today announced a restructuring of its partnership with Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

About 75-90% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis improve during pregnancy, according to previous reports.

Expensive advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers may do little to encourage sales, U.S. and Canadian researchers reported on Monday.

Powder made from rosehip is more effective at reducing osteoarthritis pain than Tylenol, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of California, and Fredericksburg Hospital, Copenhagen ...