Positive real-world data on Simponi presented at EULAR

14 June 2017

Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) today announced findings from multiple real-world setting cohorts, indicating that Simponi (golimumab) is associated with long-term effectiveness, improved patient-reported outcomes, improved treatment persistence, patient satisfaction, and reduced healthcare costs in immune-mediated rheumatic disease (IMRD) patients. These results are being presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 in Madrid, Spain.

Long-term clinical effectiveness

Golimumab showed noticeable improvements in clinical effectiveness and patient-reported outcomes in biologic-naïve patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Germany, in the GO-NICE study.

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