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AbbVie’s JAK1 Inhibitor Upadacitinib Hits Primary Endpoints in PIIb/III Study in Japanese RA Patients
AbbVie’s selective JAK1 inhibitor upadacitinib hit its primary endpoints in a PIIb/III study in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs). The study, dubbed SELECT-SUNRISE, examined upadacitinib against placebo…
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