NICE guidance, for the first time in the UK, supports access to an advanced therapy for people with moderate as well as severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) - aiming to avoid irreversible damage as early as possible
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Mechelen, Belgium, 21 January 2021, 08:05 CET – Galapagos NV (Euronext & Nasdaq: GLPG) today welcomed the news that the
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a final appraisal determination (FAD) recommending the use of the daily oral pill, JYSELECA
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▼ (filgotinib) on the National Health Service (NHS) in England for the treatment of eligible adult patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
1 It is the first time in the UK that an advanced therapy has been recommended in people with moderate RA, offering thousands more the potential to achieve remission earlier - potentially slowing the irreversible damage and life-limiting symptoms RA can cause.
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And no, the cracking has nothing to do with joints being put back into place. Rather, there is a far more simple physiological process at play.
There s something about the sound of a crack in your back as you stretch that can feel just so darn satisfying. In fact there are entire social media feeds devoted to this ahh feeling: video after video of people instinctively groaning in pleasure as their back loudly pops. But what is actually going on when you get this audible release? And is it safe? The first thing to understand, says Dr Giovanni Ferreira, a physiotherapist and researcher at University of Sydney s Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, is that the cracking has nothing to do with joints being put back into place.