Access to the next wave of biologic therapies (Abatacept and Tocilizumab) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in England and Wales: addressing treatment outside the current NICE guidance.

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Published in Clin Rheumatol on January 25, 2012

Authors

Yee Chiu1, Andrew J K Ostor, Anthony Hammond, Katharina Sokoll, Marina Anderson, Maya Buch, Michael R Ehrenstein, Patrick Gordon, Sophia Steer, Ian N Bruce

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Wirral, UK. yee.chiu@liverpool.ac.uk

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