Rinvoq Approved in Canada for Difficult-to-treat, Active AS
Health Canada has approved Rinvoq (upadacitinib) to treat active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in adults who fail to respond to a biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) or cannot tolerate these therapies. Rinvoq, developed and marketed by AbbVie, can be used alone or in combination with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a common first…