FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.
SUBSTANCE: present invention refers to rituximab binding to B-cell surface markers, e.g. CD20. More specifically, the invention concerns using rituximab for treating rheumatoid arthritis in a mammal with an inadequate response to a TNF-alpha inhibitor.
EFFECT: invention provides reducing a joint damage in the patients.
6 cl, 1 tbl, 1 ex
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Dates
2013-08-10—Published
2008-10-14—Filed