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Ustekinumab and adalimumab demonstrated equally high rates of clinical remission in biologic-naïve patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease through 1 year of treatment, according to results of the SEAVUE study in The Lancet.

Patients with psoriasis who were treated with ixekizumab were more likely to adhere to therapy compared with those treated with adalimumab over a 24-month period, according to a study.

The upcoming influx of new biosimilar drugs to the market could mitigate the cost of biologics to treat inflammatory diseases, said Steven Newmark, director of policy and chief legal officer for the Global Healthy Living Foundation.

In this video, Haley Naik, MD, discusses “three key themes” from the hidradenitis suppurativa symposiums at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Tofacitinib for psoriatic arthritis is efficacious in most patient-reported and clinical endpoints over time, and shows shorter initial and meaningful response times versus switching from placebo to the drug at month 3, noted researchers.

Exposure to TNF inhibitors nearly triples the risk for psoriasis among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

The European Union, and specifically Norway, has demonstrated successful strategies for making biosimilars available for patients — and realizing “tremendous savings” — that should be adopted in the United States, according to an analysis.

There are no clinically relevant differences in treatment retention among patients receiving biosimilar or originator biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs as first exposure to that drug, data published in Rheumatology show.

In October, Boehringer Ingelheim’s Cyltezo was approved by the FDA as the first interchangeable biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira.

Intensive drug therapy improved symptoms, stricture-associated inflammation and stricture morphology among patients with Crohn’s disease, according to research published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.