#1241Medicine & HealthFront Page1 February 2026
New Data on IBD Biologics Infection Risk: A Security System Analogy
A large study of over 14,000 veterans found that newer, targeted IBD drugs generally do not carry a higher risk of infection-related hospitalisation compared to older combination therapies. While overall safety was comparable, gut-specific treatments showed a slight increase in gastrointestinal infections.
By Khan, Sundararajan, Patel, Patel, Bahirwani, Mahmud