17:00 - 19:00
A Paradigm Shift in Rheumatoid Arthritis -The Importance of Cytokine Blocking Treatment, Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Room: ANA Crowne Plaza “Ohtori” Room B
Evening Symposium
Chair/s:
Tsutomu Takeuchi
17:00 - 17:40
Tu-ES5-1
Pro-inflammatory cytokine therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.
John A. Hamilton
University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
17:40 - 18:20
Tu-ES5-2
In vivo pharmacological action of biologic agents visualized by intravital bone imaging
Masaru Ishii
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
18:20 - 19:00
Tu-ES5-3
The significance of RA treatment by IL-6 signaling inhibition learned from the translational research
Tsutomu Takeuchi
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine., Tokyo, Japan