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Special Report

Progress and clinical potential of antibody-targeted therapy for arthritic damage

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Pages 539-543 | Received 10 Mar 2016, Accepted 06 May 2016, Published online: 03 Jun 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The advent of biologic drugs like infliximab, Etanercept, rituximab and tocilizumab has greatly improved the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, however, increased risk of infection and high cost still remain unmet needs. A new generation of targeted therapeutics is being developed to target payload drug specifically to arthritic tissue; to concentrate the drug in the disease area and limit the off target systemic exposure. This might also reduce total effective dose.

Areas covered: This article summarizes the properties and progress of targeted therapies that have been published on PubMed, and addresses their clinical potential.

Expert commentary: Incredible progress with targeted therapies has already been made in the short time since the principle was first proven in animal models in 2007 when targeting payload drug to overexpressed oncofetal domain of fibronectin in inflamed arthritic joints.

Declaration of interest

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes mployment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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