biologic
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In rheumatoid arthritis, where the immune system attacks joint linings, biologic drugs can control inflammation and prevent damage—though they may also raise infection risk or cause fatigue and nausea.
Congress created a Food and Drug Administration approval pathway for biosimilars in part to help make expensive biologic medications more affordable, FDA spokesperson James McKinney said.
From Seattle Times
“Race is not a biologic proxy,” says Joseph Wright, the incoming chief health equity officer for the academy.
From Seattle Times
It’s an injectable biologic drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
From Seattle Times
The Fox foundation is running a huge, long-term study looking for imaging, biologic, and genetic markers that could catch people in the earliest stages of the disease.
From Science Magazine
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