Study Supports Safety of Infliximab in Pregnancy

An analysis of data from the TREAT Registry found that babies born to women who continued to treat their Crohn’s disease with infliximab during pregnancy had outcomes similar to those who did not take the drug. “The majority of both maternal pregnancies and partner outcomes resulted in live births of healthy infants across exposure groups”

Biosimilars in Europe lead to lower prices

Dr. Jonathan Kay of the University of Massachusetts Medical School told the 2018 Interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit that biosimilar competition in Europe has reduced drug costs, made biosimilars more available and increased market share for some bio-originators. The European Union has approved 41 biosimilar drugs while the FDA has approved nine. Biosimilars in Europe lead to