Canakinumab shows promising efficacy and tolerability in children with systemic JIA

Monday, June 15, 2009 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday 13 June 2009: Canakinumab (ACZ885), a new interleukin-1 (IL-1)-beta blocking monoclonal antibody, shows encouraging efficacy and is well tolerated in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA)*, according to a new phase II study presented today at PReS 2009, a joint congress with the 2009 Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) i

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