Abstracts tagged "Biologics and anti-TNF therapy"

Abstract Number: 440 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
the Majority of Biologic Injectors Are Stored Under Suboptimal Conditions at Home
Marin de Jong¹, Marieke Pierik¹, Andy Peters¹, Mark Roemers², Veronique Hilhorst³ and A. van Tubergen⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, division of Gastroenterology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands, ²AntTail, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Toxicology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, m, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The introduction of biologics has significantly improved long-term outcome of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. However, after discontinuation or switch of therapy, 26-49% of patients on…