Arthritis drug News

Lefluonamide has long been approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis and previous clinical studies have noted that patients taking the drug tended to have lower blood glucose levels and that obese patients lost weight.

Although only five percent of skin cancer cases involve melanoma, it causes the majority of deaths from the disease.

Blood cancer sufferers could be treated with a simple arthritis drug, according to scientists at a leading British university.

A new study has found that a well-known rheumatoid arthritis medication may help treat non-infectious uveitis, a rare eye disease that can lead to loss of vision.

India's patent office has again rejected US drug major Pfizer's new patent application for its rheumatoid arthritis medicine, tofacitinib, citing it did not enhance the efficacy of the existing approved drug.

Drug firm Lupin Tuesday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market generic version of GD Searle LLC's Celebrex capsules, used to treat arthritis, in the American market.