The ACR/CHEST ILD Guidelines in Practice: Register Now for This Informative Webinar

An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

COVID-19 Pandemic Leads Big Drugmakers to Hit Pause on Clinical Trials

Reuters Staff  |  

(Reuters)—U.S. drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co. and Bristol Myers Squibb said they are delaying the start of new clinical trials in part to free up doctors and healthcare facilities to deal with the surge in patients infected with the new coronavirus. Lilly and Bristol are the biggest drugmakers yet to announce clinical trial delays in…

CVS to Prevent Stockpiling of Malaria Drug Amid COVID-19

Reuters Staff  |  

March 25 (Reuters)—CVS Health said on Wednesday its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) unit was laying out measures to prevent the stockpiling of malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, which is being tested as a potential treatment for the coronavirus. The company said it was also setting up limits on the use of azithromycin, a protease inhibitor and albuterol…

Roche Gets FDA Nod for Trial to Test Arthritis Drug on COVID-19 Patients

Reuters Staff  |  

March 23 (Reuters)—Roche Holding AG said on Monday it has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s clearance to test its rheumatoid arthritis treatment on patients hospitalized with severe pneumonia caused by the coronavirus. The company said it was beginning a late-stage study to test the drug in what would be the first well-controlled study…

Enemy at the Gates: The Emerging Threat of COVID-19

  |  

On Dec. 30, 2019, an ophthalmologist named Li Wenliang notified his colleagues about an illness that was reminiscent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a city in the Hubei province of China called Wuhan. As an ophthalmologist, this was not directly relevant to his practice; he merely wanted to warn colleagues that they might…