• Annals of medicine · Mar 2011

    Review

    Golimumab - a new tool in the armoury against inflammatory arthritis.

    • Zoe Ash and Paul Emery.
    • Section of Musculoskeletal Disease, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
    • Ann. Med. 2011 Mar 1; 43 (2): 133-41.

    AbstractThe development of biological drugs blocking tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) has had a dramatic impact on the treatment of inflammatory arthritis in recent years. Golimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody which inhibits TNF-α. It is licensed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. In this review we evaluate the results of phase III studies using golimumab and explore the place of golimumab in the treatment of these diseases.

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