...re- New RA Med just FDA Approved????

December 28, 2005

Thanks so much. I have been keeping an eye out and I missed this article.

Let us know how the new treatment goes for you with the other drug!

Jill

On 12/28/05, melgmom <bmccboren@...> wrote:

>

> This may be it:

>

> " Posted : 12/24/2005 6:45 PM

> PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (December 23, 2005) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb

> Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug

> Administration (FDA) has approved Orencia® (abatacept), the first

> selective modulator of a co-stimulatory signal required for full T-

> cell activation, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

>

> There is another new drug in the final stages of approval, it is

> called Rituximab (Rituxan). That is the one I am trying today, (in

> two hours!), it blocks B-Cells, so it is a little different than the

> TNF blockers like Abacept, Humira, Enbrel, and Remicade.

>

> Hope that helps!

> Melisa

>

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