Antibody-positive patients who are being treated with the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remicade (infliximab) should not be switched to a biosimilar version.
That is the finding of a study presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR) in London this week.
This study showed that when antibodies develop in response to the biological treatment Remicade, which is sold by US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), they cross-reacted with the biosimilar of infliximab.
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