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Safety outcomes were also assessed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>After 12\u00a0weeks, patients treated every other week with test adalimumab (Zydus Cadila) had statistically similar response rates as compared to reference adalimumab (AbbVie):<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACR<\/jats:styled-content>20 (82%<jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 79.2%;<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&gt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.7);<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACR<\/jats:styled-content>50 (46%,<jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 43.4%;<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&gt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.7);<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ACR<\/jats:styled-content>70 (14%<jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 15.1%;<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&gt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>0.8). 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