Posts by: Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she focused her research on the role of several signalling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development.

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Takhzyro Safely Prevents HAE Attacks Over Long Term, Extension Study Shows

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Takeda’s Takhzyro (lanadelumab) continues to safely prevent and reduce the frequency of swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to 2.5 years of data from the HELP ... Read more

November 20, 2020November 23, 2020

Survey Finds COVID-19 Disrupted Care, Well-Being of Rare Disease Patients in Europe

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The first wave of COVID-19 in Europe severely disrupted access to care and raised stress and anxiety in people with rare diseases, negatively affecting their health and well-being, according to ... Read more

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Berotralstat Available to Eligible Patients in UK Through Early Access Program

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Berotralstat — an oral therapy by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals for preventing swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) — will be available to patients, 12 and older, in the U.K. ... Read more

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

More Research Needed on Pregnancy-related HAE Attacks, Case Report Shows

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More insight and study is needed into the symptoms, proper management, and potential complications of pregnancy-related hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks, according to a case report of a woman who ... Read more

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Berotralstat Lowers Rate of HAE Attacks and Possibly Their Severity, Trial Reports

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Preventive treatment with berotralstat (BCX7353) significantly lowered the number of swelling attacks — including those needing treatment — and the rates of standard on-demand therapy use in people with hereditary ... Read more

January 3, 2019January 8, 2019

Simple Diagnostic Test for Hereditary Angioedema Detects Mutations Missed by Current Methods

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Researchers have developed a more cost-effective supporting diagnostic test for hereditary angioedema (HAE) to detect genetic changes that are otherwise missed by current standard methods. The study, “Gene mapping strategy for ... Read more

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Therapies Reduce HAE Attacks, but Cost Too Much, Review Board Says

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Long-term prevention with human formulations of the C1 esterase inhibitor — Cinryze or Haegarda — safely and effectively reduces the number of acute attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), but the ... Read more

June 21, 2018

First Case of Food-dependent, Exercise-induced Angioedema Identified in Case Study

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Researchers reported the first case of exercise-induced angioedema that is dependent on food in a new case study from Israel. The report, “A case of food-dependent exercise-induced angioedema,” appeared ... Read more

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018

Food Intolerance, Not Allergies, Seen as Likely Cause of Angioedema Attacks in Study

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Food may trigger angioedema attacks through an intolerance — rather than an allergic — reaction, according to a small study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. In ... Read more

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

Xolair Improves Quality of Life in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria Patients with Angioedema, Study Says

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In a Phase 3 clinical trial in Germany, the therapy Xolair (omalizumab) was shown to improve the quality of life and psychological well-being of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) patients ... Read more