Tocilizumab may repair bone erosion in RA: study

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Clare Pain
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Treatment with tocilizumab may aid repair of bone erosions in people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a small study suggests.

German researchers compared the effects on bone of either on-label doses of tocilizumab monotherapy or adalimumab plus methotrexate 40mg/day every second week.