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Repurposing tocilizumab in scleroderma patients may prevent early lung disease

MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Research led by Michigan Medicine’s Scleroderma Program and published in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that tocilizumab, a FDA-approved anti-inflammatory drug used to combat rheumatoid arthritis, can prevent lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis if detected early enough in the disease course. Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease and the most serious form...