Elizabeth Laws leads Sanofi’s inflammation and immunology development pipeline to test the first oral TNFR1 inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.
In rheumatoid arthritis, damaged joints contain fibroblasts that prompt nerve cell growth, potentially causing pain even in the absence of inflammation.