Teresa Carvalho, MS,  science writer—

Takhzyro (lanadelumab), an under-the skin injection therapy to prevent attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), has won the 2022 Prix Galien Canada Innovative Product Award. The prestigious annual award is given to a company — here, Takeda Pharmaceuticals — in recognition of a marketed product that has “made the most…

CSL Plasma has announced the opening of two additional plasma collection centers in California to meet the growing need for plasma-derived treatments for people with rare diseases — including hereditary angioedema (HAE). The new collection sites, hosted by the cities of Stockton and Hayward, in the central and northern parts…

A booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is suspected of having caused acute attacks of acquired angioedema in an 86-year-old man, a case study reported. Its scientists stressed the importance of carefully examining patients set to undergo such vaccinations and considering rarer symptoms, noting this patient reported unusual upper-limb…

A splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) — a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that involves the spleen, bone marrow, and blood — might have triggered acquired angioedema in a man in his 60s, a case study reported. “The occurrence of [non-Hodgkin’s] lymphoma in association with [acquired…

Half the patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) treated with Takhzyro (lanadelumab) for at least a year prolonged their dosing interval and used significantly less on-demand treatments, a real-world study found. Study findings were detailed in a clinical letter titled, “Real World treatment patterns of hereditary angioedema with…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a clinical hold on trials testing the investigational therapy PHA121 (PHA-022121) in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE). The hold is “based on [a] review of nonclinical data,” Pharvaris, the therapy’s developer, said in a press release. According to…

Horizon Therapeutics has launched its #RAREis Representation program aimed at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion among patients with rare diseases. There are about 400 million people worldwide living with a rare disease; for many of them, access to diagnosis, care, and treatments can be challenging. Accessing better care depends on…