New report shows improvement for patients with IBD following biological therapy

Over half of patients saw an improvement after being treated with biological therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Data from the first national report of biological therapies shows that 62% of adult patients and 73% of paediatric patients saw the severity of their disease decrease after 12 weeks of treatment with biological therapy. IBD affects approximately 240,000 people in the UK[1] and patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD) will often require surgery during their lifetime...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Crohn's / IBD Source Type: news