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Tocilizumab (TCZ) may be used as an alternative treatment to antitumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents for patients with Behçet disease (BD)-related uveitis and neurological manifestations, a recent study has shown.

A phenome-wide association study (pheWAS) has found known and potentially new risk factors for gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc), which include drug classes such as opioid, antimuscarinic, and endothelin receptor antagonist, and antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) subgroup.

Cigarette smoking is independently associated with a higher prevalence of hip joint involvement in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), suggests a study.

Among the biologic drugs used during pregnancy, the most common is tumour necrosis factor-α antagonist (etanercept-infliximab-adalimumab), results of a clinical review have shown.

Half of gout patients receiving novel uricase analogue infusions, along with a proprietary rapamycin formulation, got their serum urate controlled in two phase III studies presented at EULAR 2023.

Treatment with dazodalibep, a novel nonantibody fusion protein that acts as an antagonist of CD40 ligand, significantly reduced symptom burden in adults with Sjögren’s syndrome, according to the ALISS trial presented at EULAR 2023.