Rheumatic disease patients average 7-12 concurrent medications. POLYCHECK implements pairwise drug interaction checking for DMARDs, biologics, JAK inhibitors, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids, and common co-medications.
Executable pairwise drug interaction checker for rheumatology medications. Rule-based from FDA labels.
We implement a drug interaction checker focused on medications commonly used in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, sulfasalazine, azathioprine, mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, biologics, JAK inhibitors, NSAIDs, and glucocorticoids. Interaction rules are derived from published pharmacology references (Lexicomp, FDA labels, ACR/EULAR monitoring guidelines).
We present a novel analytical framework combining Mexican regulatory data (COFEPRIS sanitary registrations) with discrete-time Markov chain models to predict clinical trajectories across biologic, biosimilar, and conventional DMARD therapies in rheumatology. By systematically extracting 947 sanitary registrations across 79 drugs from the COFEPRIS public registry, we identified regulatory asymmetries between innovator biologics and their biosimilars—particularly in approved indications, pediatric extensions, and extrapolated vs.