RA Literature Highlights – March 2023
Tofacitinib, Baricitinib, Sarilumab, bDMARDs, tsDMARDs, BSRBR-RA
View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on cytokine signalling therapies within rheumatoid arthritis. All materials produced by the CSF team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.
Tofacitinib, Baricitinib, Sarilumab, bDMARDs, tsDMARDs, BSRBR-RA
Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74(2):333–340
Recent innovations in the treatment of RA have focused on the use of small molecules to inhibit intracellular kinases such as the JAK family. Baricitinib (LY3009104, formerly INCB028050) is an orally administered, potent, selective and reversible inhibitor of JAK1 and JAK2, which has shown anti-inflammatory effects, as well as preservation of cartilage and bone, in preclinical rodent studies.