rheumatoid arthritis

Devices & Diagnostics

Healthcare startup with rheumatology diagnostics closes $25M in debt financing

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Exagen Diagnostics has raised $25 million in debt financing with a strategic investment from Capital Royalty Partners. The healthcare startup focuses on molecular testing innovations in rheumatology diagnostics, including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, with its Avise line. Sales success attracted the investor. “The company has shown tremendous sales success with their lead product, […]

Hospitals

Combo of smoking while overweight boosts RA incidence

MADRID (IMNG) – Researchers have begun testing whether immunologic modification can forestall rheumatoid arthritis in people at high risk for the disease and also have identified smoking and overweight as two modifiable risk factors strongly linked to disease onset. In a group of 55 people without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were enrolled because of a […]