On February 27, 2008, the Tarrytown, New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received approval for Arcalyst (rilonacept), a treatment for cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), including ...
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a family of related conditions associated with heterozygous mutations in NLRP3 (formerly CIAS1), the gene that encodes the NACHT, LRR and PYD ...
Ilaris was approved by the FDA in 2009 to treat two subtypes of a rare autoinflammatory disease called Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS): Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) and Familial Cold ...