Long-term treatment with Dawnzera (donidalorsen) — approved in the U.S. earlier this year for people with hereditary angioedema…
Andrea Lobo
Andrea Lobo is a Science writer at BioNews. She holds a Biology degree and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.
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Articles by Andrea Lobo
Many patients in Brazil lack access to first-line treatments such as Takhzyro (lanadelumab) to prevent swelling attacks in hereditary…
Patient enrollment has started at sites in the European Union for a global Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the safety…
Deucrictibant, an experimental treatment for angioedema attacks, was well tolerated and effective in four patients with acquired angioedema…
Late-treated and untreated swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) are associated with a lower health-related quality of…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved donidalorsen — to be marketed Dawnzera — as a prophylactic…
A woman in her 30s who experienced recurrent, nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms was diagnosed with angioedema of the small intestine…
Navenibart, an experimental treatment from Astria Therapeutics to prevent swelling episodes in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE),…
The oral medication Orladeyo (berotralstat) is now approved in Colombia as a preventive treatment to reduce the risk of…
The prevalence of certain conditions — namely, allergies, autoimmune diseases, and asthma — is higher among people with hereditary…