Preventive treatment with Takhzyro (lanadelumab) reduced the rate of swelling attacks and improved life quality for Japanese patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in a Phase 3 clinical trial. These findings helped to support Takhzyro’s approval in Japan last year for the prevention of swelling attacks in HAE…
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Adarx Pharmaceuticals will use $200 million in oversubscribed Series C financing to further develop its clinical programs — including ADX-324, its treatment candidate for hereditary angioedema (HAE) — the clinical-stage biotechnology company announced. The funding round was led by Bain Capital Life Sciences and TCGX, an investment firm…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new generic version of Firazyr (icatibant injection) for hereditary angioedema (HAE), Aurobindo Pharma announced in a press release. Like the brand-name medication, the new generic is indicated to treat acute swelling attacks of HAE in adults 18…
Pharvaris has completed patient enrollment for its proof-of-concept CHAPTER-1 clinical trial that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of deucrictibant as a prophylactic, or preventive, treatment for adults with hereditary angioedema (HAE). While the global Phase 2 CHAPTER-1 study (NCT05047185) is still on hold in the U.S.,…
Enrollment for the Phase 2 portion of a clinical trial testing NTLA-2002, Intellia Therapeutics’ experimental gene-editing therapy for hereditary angioedema (HAE), is expected to be completed this year. This is the result of “substantial interest from physicians and patients to participate in the NTLA-2002 clinical program,” the company…
Treatment with tranexamic acid may ease symptoms and prevent intubation in people who develop angioedema after receiving certain high blood pressure medications called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, a review of published studies shows. The findings also suggest tranexamic acid may be more advantageous than other therapies currently used to…
A 26-year-old woman developed a rare case of non-episodic angioedema associated with eosinophilia (NEAE) following her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study from Japan. Eosinophilia refers to higher-than-normal levels of a type of immune cells called eosinophils. Her NEAE symptoms were resolved completely two months…
The use of Dupixent (dupilumab), an approved treatment for skin and respiratory conditions linked to a specific type of inflammation, led to the development of angioedema in a woman in her 40s, as described in a new case report from U.S. researchers. The woman, who had a type…
People with hereditary angioedema (HAE) are able to recognize early signs of swelling attacks and the need to get prompt on-demand treatment to manage them, new research highlights. Findings were presented by KalVista Pharmaceuticals in a series of posters at the recent U.S. Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA)…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given STAR-0215 fast track status to help speed up its development and make it available to patients sooner. An experimental medication to prevent swelling attacks in hereditary angioedema (HAE), with dosing once every three or six months, STAR-0215 is in…
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