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- noun An
antirheumatic drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
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For those who cannot take rituximab for some reason, they can try one of the four other anti-TNFs, called adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab and abatacept.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, or NICE, said in final draft guidance that Simponi will now be an option for treating active and progressive psoriatic arthritis in adults if used in place of the other tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, inhibitor treatments for the illness—etanercept, infliximab and adalimumab.
U.K.' Regulator Backs Merck's Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Sten Stovall 2011
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Humira is the brand name that was given to the TNFinhibitor adalimumab.
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Other TNF inhibitors that were released soon after Enbrel (after 1998) include Remicade (infliximab) and Humira (adalimumab), none of which have been as widely used as Enbrel.
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One of the main differences between Enbrel and Humira is how they were created: Enbrel (etanercept) was created by fusing a protein and a human gene together while Humira (adalimumab) is made entirely from a human monoclonal antibody (as opposed to treated animal cells).
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A recent analysis found that two TNF blockers, adalimumab (Humira) and infliximab (Remicade), could cause one serious infection for every 59 patients who take them for at least several months and one cancer for every 154 patients who take them for several months to a year.
Pros, cons of rheumatoid arthritis drugs—and an FDA alert on Enbrel 2008
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A recent analysis found that two TNF blockers, adalimumab (Humira) and infliximab (Remicade), could cause one serious infection for every 59 patients who take them for at least several months and one cancer for every 154 patients who take them for several months to a year.
Pros, cons of rheumatoid arthritis drugs—and an FDA alert on Enbrel 2008
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Anti-TNF drugs in the study included Abbott's Humira or adalimumab, Pfizer's
unknown title 2011
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TNF blockers include Remicade (infliximab), Enbrel (etanercept), Humira (adalimumab), Cimzia
WN.com - Articles related to Freedom to set prices key for UK drugs industry 2010
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The manufacturers of Humira (adalimumab), Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), Enbrel (etanercept), and Remicade (infliximab) must strengthen warnings about the risk of developing opportunistic fungal infections from these drugs.
WN.com - Articles related to Freedom to set prices key for UK drugs industry 2010
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