Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also referred to as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune disease associated with vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis of the skin and/or internal organs. Interstitial lung ...

Alicia M. Hinze, MD: Systemic sclerosis is a complex autoimmune disease that has features of a vasculopathy as well as features of fibrosis, or progressive fibrosis, that can affect multiple organs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are linked to an increased prevalence of interstitial lung disease and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis had systemic sclerosis sine scleroderma, a subtype without skin ...

In patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), a rare connective tissue disease, interstitial lung disease contributes to 35 percent of deaths. Published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory ...

If the FDA agrees with its committee, Ofev would be the first treatment approved for this indication The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Arthritis Advisory Committee voted 10 to 7 in favor of ...

(RTTNews) - Roche (RHHBY) said FDA has approved Actemra/RoActemra subcutaneous injection for slowing the rate of decline in pulmonary function in adult patients with systemic sclerosis-associated ...

INGELHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive ...

Rituximab effectively reduced skin sclerosis and appeared to have a beneficial effect on interstitial lung disease (ILD) for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a randomized, clinical trial. At ...

INGELHEIM, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that the European Commission has approved nintedanib for the treatment of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung ...

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