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Walking Ability of OA Patients Linked to Cardiovascular Risk

Arthritis Care & Research | February 5, 2019

New research explores the association of the ability to walk and the risk of cardiovascular disease in OA patients compared with the general population. During the study, researchers recorded a six-minute walking distance and measured arterial stiffness of participants. The results: Even among younger people, OA patients could not walk as far as those in the general population. Also, arterial stiffness was inversely associated with walking distance, suggesting walking is important to the cardiovascular risk profile of OA patients…

Canada Approves Erelzi for PsA; Plus FDA Moves to Increase Access to Naloxone

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | February 4, 2019

Health Canada has approved Erelzi, which is biosimilar to Enbrel (etanercept), for treating psoriatic arthritis in adults…

U.S. Lawmaker Yarmuth Says Democrats to Begin Medicare for All Hearings

Yasmeen Abutaleb and Susan Cornwell | January 31, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Democrats in control of the U.S. House of Representatives will begin holding hearings on expanding Medicare this spring and will aim to pass a bill by the end of next year, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Tuesday. John Yarmuth, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said in an interview with Reuters that the…

What Do JIA Patients Experience? A New Case Study from the ARP Practice Committee

Talitha Cox, OT, MA, on behalf of the ARP Practice Committee | January 31, 2019

What does a new patient experience as symptoms develop and diagnosis is confirmed? The ARP Practice Committee is developing persona-based case studies to help answer this and other questions. The latest topic is juvenile idiopathic arthritis…

FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Romosozumab Approval

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 30, 2019

An FDA advisory committee voted 18-1 in favor of approving romosozumab to treat postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

New EPA Rule May Hinder Health Research

Linda Carroll | January 29, 2019

(Reuters Health)—A new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may make it almost impossible to uncover hazards such as dirty air, polluted water and environmental toxins, researchers say. The rule mandates that all underlying data from studies be made available to any and all researchers in the interests of transparency. But while…

Not-for-Profit to Offer 20 Generic Drugs in 2019 to Alleviate Shortages

Jilian Mincer | January 25, 2019

(Reuters)—A new not-for-profit supplier of generic drugs formed by a consortium of hospitals systems said it expects this year to be able to provide about 20 products to alleviate shortages of medicines used during surgeries and to treat life-threatening conditions, such as septic shock. Since the start-up of Civica Rx spearheaded by Intermountain Healthcare was…

FDA Update: Priority Review for Non-Opioid Treatment & New Warning for Fluoroquinolones

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 23, 2019

The FDA has granted priority review to a non-opioid, postoperative pain treatment, HTX-011…

2019 RheumPAC Resolutions

Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc | January 17, 2019

This year’s RheumPAC members are excited to build on their 2018 accomplishments. In 2018, we raised $144,000 from 323 individual investors. Thank you to everyone who invested and to those who supported advocacy for ACR/ARP, its members and our patients. We also introduced a new way for non-individuals (e.g., rheumatology practices, state and local rheumatology…