Marisa Wexler, MS, senior science writer —

Starting on Dec. 1, people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in Australia will have access to Takhzyro (lanadelumab), an under-the-skin injection to prevent HAE swelling attacks, through Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). “Without this PBS subsidy, Australian patients are paying around $241,000 per year for this treatment,” Greg Hunt, Australia’s…

Pharvaris is actively recruiting people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) types 1 or 2 for two clinical trials testing its investigational oral therapy PHVS416 as either an on-demand or prophylactic (preventive) treatment for swelling attacks. Results from both studies are expected next year. The Phase 2 trial RAPIDe-1…

Takhzyro (lanadelumab), an approved under-the-skin injection therapy to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), will soon be available at a lower cost to patients in Poland and, likely, those in Australia. Poland’s Minister of Health approved access to and reimbursement for Takhzyro for about 50…

CAMP4 Therapeutics’ platform that targets a class of RNA known as regulatory RNAs, or regRNAs, can improve the activity of the gene that is defective in most cases of hereditary angioedema (HAE). That is according to new preclinical data shared by scientists from CAMP4 at the 17th Annual…

Orladeyo (berotralstat), a daily oral therapy to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), is now available in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland for eligible patients ages 12 and older. That authorization came as the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended Orladeyo —…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the hold it had placed on KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ Phase 2 KOMPLETE trial of KVD824 as a treatment to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE). KalVista said it is working closely with study investigators and clinical sites so…

The prices of three approved preventive treatments — Cinryze, Haegarda, and Takhzyro (lanadelumab) — for hereditary angioedema (HAE) must be reduced by more than half for these medications to be cost-effective. Those are the conclusions of a new report published by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review,…

KalVista Pharmaceuticals announced plans to soon begin enrolling patients in KOMPLETE, a Phase 2 clinical trial testing its investigational oral therapy KVD824 in preventing swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) at sites in Canada, Australia, and the U.K. “Over the past month we have made substantial progress in…

RAPIDe-1, a Phase 2 clinical trial testing Pharvaris’ investigational oral therapy PHVS416 as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), will expand its enrollment this year to include patients in the U.S. “We are encouraged by positive feedback from clinical sites and look forward…

Treatment with Orladeyo (berotralstat) was generally safe and well-tolerated in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to recently released trial data. The findings from an interim analysis of the open-label APeX-S trial also supported Orladeyo’s ability to reduce the frequency of HAE attacks, ease symptom burden, and improve…