Has innovation in rheumatology stalled?

20 June 2017

Under a coruscating Spanish sun, the 17th Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR, has at last drawn to a close in Madrid.

As our coverage showed, the rheumatology world’s preeminent event brought more data and updated analyses on biosimilars from Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB), Boehringer Ingelheim and others, as well as real-world data from Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) on Orencia (abatacept) and post hoc analyses from Novartis (NOVN: VX) and Janssen.

In recent times, observers in this therapeutic area have suggested that the pace of innovation has stalled, and our reports from the event tended to support this view.

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