Rheumatology - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Rheumatology is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of disease involving joints, tendons, muscles, ligaments and associated structures (Oxford Medical Dictionary).
It is an active area of medical research, because of the devastating effects of some of the conditions and the fact that so many have no cure or are currently inadequately treated .
This specialty studies the following conditions; Arthritis, Behçet’s Syndrome, Scoliosis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gout, Hypermobility Syndrome, Lupus, Marfan, Myositis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Paget’s disease, Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Perthes Disease, Psoriasis, Raynaud’s, Scleroderma and Vasculitis.
Source; The British Society for Rheumatology.
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UBM Medica US Announces Rebrand of Website to Rheumatology Network
NORWALK, Conn., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US today announced the rebranding of Musculoskeletal Network (www.musculoskeletalnetwork.com) to Rheumatology Network (www.rheumatologynetwork.co...
Fat cells 'may trigger rheumatoid arthritis'
Fat cells in the knee secrete a protein that may trigger rheumatoid arthritis, scientists have found.A research team at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has discovered that fat in the kne...
Questcor Pharmaceuticals to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Healthcare Conference
ANAHEIM, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOR) announced today that executive management will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Healthc...
Leading Orthopedics Hospital Reaches Sweeping Agreement With Brazilian Healthcare Giant
NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical pathways and quality initiatives leading to world class outcomes are the foundation of a far-reaching agreement between New York-based Hospital for Speci...
Treating to a target 'more effective than routine care' in rheumatoid arthritis
Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis may achieve better outcomes by treating them with a view to achieving a specific target, rather than merely providing routine care, a study has found.Canadian...
FDA Approves ACTEMRA® for Children Living with a Rare Form of Arthritis
Medicine Offers a New Option for the Treatment of Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (PJIA) Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHH...
Exposure to immunosuppressive lupus drugs in the womb 'not linked to worse outcomes'
Exposure to immunosuppressive drugs during pregnancy does not appear to affect long-term outcomes of children born to mothers with lupus, according to research presented at the British Society for Rhe...
International Study Finds New Genetic Links to Juvenile Arthritis
CINCINNATI, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers report in Nature Genetics they have increased the number of confirmed genes linked to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) from three t...
First clinical guideline on management of vitamin D deficiency
The UK's first clinical guideline on the identification and treatment of vitamin D deficiency has been published.Developed by a group of clinicians and scientists, the National Osteoporosis Societ...
Gout - a step closer to the elusive 'cure'
Gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, is supposedly easy to treat. But a new study shows that misconceptions of this painful condition are preventing effective treatment. Jane Tadman...
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Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. and Affymax, Inc.
Based in Deerfield, Ill., Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. and Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. are subsidiaries of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, the largest p...
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. and Affymax, Inc.
Based in Deerfield, Ill., Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. and Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. are subsidiaries of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, the...
Crescendo Bioscience is a molecular diagnostics company focused in rheumatology and located in South San Francisco, CA. Crescendo Bioscience is developing quantitative, objective,...
Crescendo Bioscience is a molecular diagnostics company focused in rheumatology and located in South San Francisco, CA. Crescendo Bioscience develops quantitative, objective, biol...
Clinical Trials
Study of Skeletal Disorders and Short Stature
This study will determine the genes responsible for skeletal dysplasias (disorders of the skeleton) and short stature and define the range and type of medical problems they cause over time...
Positron Emission Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis With Adalimumab (PETRA)
Biologics are routinely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Adalimumab is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibit the Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Identificat...
Background: somatic patients with psychiatric co-morbidities are a major challenge for the health care system. This study evaluated a psychiatric intervention targeted at the complex medic...
Health-related Quality of Life Measure in Pediatric Lupus
To examine the psychometric properties of a brief quality of life (QOL) instrument for use in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The purpose of this prospective study is primari...
Study Evaluating the Clinical Remission in Early Aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis
The aim of the study is to evaluate how the Italian population of patients are treated with early aggressive RA, defined by the Italian Society of Rheumatology Guidelines, (GIARA Registry...
Patient Controlled Oral Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Management After Total Knee Replacement
Patient Centered Care (PCC) is "an approach that consciously adopts the patient's perspective...about what matters" (Gerteis, Edgeman, Levitan, Walker, Stokes, Cleary, Delbanco, 1993). Exp...
Study Evaluating Enbrel in Adults With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis in Luxemburg
The purpose of the study is to determine the long term safety of Enbrel in adults with active rheumatoid arthritis in Luxemburg. This is a post-marketing surveillance study in rheumatology...
Blocking Tumor Necrosis Factor in Ankylosing Spondylitis
The Division of Rheumatology at University of California San Francisco is conducting a research study on the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with a new therapy currently used for...
The Swefot trial was designed to compare two treatment strategies for patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (less than 1 year symptom duration): the use of a combination of traditional...
Safety and Efficacy of Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Background: The safety of vaccination in patients with autoimmune diseases using immune suppressive therapy is often discussed. Previous studies in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) pat...
PubMed Articles
Evaluation of the mean platelet volume in secondary amyloidosis due to familial Mediterranean fever.
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inflammatory disorder that is leading cause of secondary amyloidosis (AA). This study was designed to investigate the level of mean platelet volume (MPV) in AA...
Antiphospholipid antibodies in children with Kawasaki disease: a preliminary study from North India.
Disturbance of fibrinolysis is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and it may be associated with the increased cardiovascular risk observed in this population. We aimed to assess coagulation derangem...
Systemic lupus erythematosus-related pancreatitis in children.
We report on three patients who developed four episodes of acute pancreatitis while their systemic lupus erythematosus was active and being treated with prednisolone. In all three, gastritis was first...
To examine the relationship between serum cytokine levels and response to tocilizumab in patients with RA. The disease status of 21 RA patients was assessed at baseline and after 12 weeks of tocilizu...
OBJECTIVES: A post-marketing surveillance (PMS) program was implemented to assess the safety and effectiveness of tacrolimus (TAC) in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to identify risk f...
Connective tissue diseases: HMGB1 helps elicit anti-dsDNA antibody production in SLE.
Targeting inflammasomes in rheumatic diseases.
Inflammasomes are key inducers of inflammation in response to exogenous and endogenous stimuli, because they regulate the processing and secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. Th...
Paediatric rheumatology: Where are the innovations in paediatric rheumatology?
The role of vitamin D supplementation in patients with rheumatic diseases.
Vitamin D is a dietary vitamin that can also be synthesized in adequate amounts from cholesterol in most mammals exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D has classical roles in calcium and phosphate metabolism,...
Videos
Rheumatology Overview
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Rheumatology
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures which pertain to a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis.
