Health Canada has now approved Immunex' Enbrel (etanercept), somaking it the country's first biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Enbrel is approved in adults for reduction in signs and symptoms of moderately-to-severely active rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have had an inadequate response to one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. In addition, the drug can be used in combination with methotrexate and will be available for use in Canada in March 2001.
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