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Autoimmune breakthrough evades resistance issue

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Although commercially successful, Remicade, Humira, and Enbrel have many limitations due to allergies or infections. Their high immunogenicity, their loss of effectiveness over time, and their expense (typically costing $15,000 to $20,000 per patient per year) make these monoclonal antibodies less than ideal treatments. French biotechnology company, Neovacs SA is ...

Lupus drought: 50 years and counting

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

In this month’s issue of R&D Directions, we examine the 10 most active areas of therapeutic research, and also highlight some promising therapies for diseases in these categories. One condition researchers are particularly hesitant to lump into that “promising” group is lupus – and who could blame them? There have ...

   
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