Patricia Inácio, PhD,  science writer—

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has recommended that sebetralstat be approved as an on-demand treatment for acute attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), ages 12 and older. “This positive CHMP opinion is an important step forward for people living…

A woman was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema (HAE) 20 years after her first symptoms, according to a case report in Nepal. The case highlights “the importance of early diagnosis and effective management to alleviate patient suffering,” the report’s researchers wrote. The case report, “A Two-Decade-Delayed Diagnosis…

The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing NTLA-2002, Intellia Therapeutics’ gene-editing treatment candidate for hereditary angioedema (HAE). The trial, called HAELO (NCT06634420), is expected to enroll an estimated 60 adults with HAE types 1 or 2; it’s recruiting participants at five…

Astria Therapeutics is on track to start a Phase 3 clinical trial of navenibart, its therapy to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), by March. The trial, dubbed ALPHA-ORBIT, will test flexible dosing schedules, with navenibart being given every three months and every six months.

Treatment with navenibart, or STAR-0215, safely reduced the rate of monthly swelling attacks by 90% to 95% in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) when the therapy was given once or twice over six months, data from the completed Phase 1/2 ALPHA-STAR clinical trial shows.

Stroke patients treated with alteplase, a medication used to dissolve blood clots, are at an increased risk of developing angioedema, a retrospective study has found. Being female, using ACE or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and having high blood pressure were all identified as “significant risk factors for angioedema among alteplase-treated…

Orladeyo (berotralstat), an oral therapy designed to reduce or prevent hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks, is now available in Ireland. The Irish Health Services Executive (HSE) recommended Orladeyo as a prophylactic, or preventive, treatment for HAE in adults and adolescents, ages 12 and older. Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, the company marketing…

An 80-year-old man in Texas developed angioedema thought to be triggered by the antipsychotic therapy risperidone, according to a new case study highlighting a possible risk with the use of this medication. The researchers noted that “only 10 cases listing risperidone as the only probable causative agent for angioedema…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status to navenibart — the new generic name of Astria Therapeutics’ experimental therapy STAR-0215 — as a treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE).

People with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in Japan with access to on-demand therapies alone can have a high rate of attack frequency — weekly or monthly — that associates with a poorer quality of life, a study in that country reports. Patients’ functioning, fears, and feelings of shame significantly linked…