Patent AT-E399555-T1: [Translated] TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH IMITANIB

4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylmethyl)-N-[4-methyl-3-(4-pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-ylamino)phenyl]-benzamide of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The invention also relates to a combination of the compound of the formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with one or more disease modifying arthritis rheumatoid drugs (DMARDs).