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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of a prefilled syringe of Takeda’s Takhzyro (lanadelumab) to prevent swelling attacks in hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients, 12 and older. The prefilled syringe comes fully assembled and requires less preparation than the current vial-based injection of…

Short-term treatment with Berinert, a plasma-derived form of the C1 inhibitor protein, successfully prevented acute swelling attacks in a patient with hereditary angioedema (HAE) following oral surgery, a case report describes. The report, “Oral Surgery Procedures in a Patient Affected by Hereditary Angioedema Type I,” was published…

Since 2008, Rare Disease Day — the last day of February — has brought together patients, caregivers, family members, friends, and advocates from around the world to raise awareness and improve equity for the more than 7,000 known rare diseases that affect more than 300 million people. In 2022, the…

The richness and diversity of the gut’s microbial community, or microbiota, are significantly reduced in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) who have had recent swelling attacks, when compared with that of healthy individuals, a single-center study in China shows. This difference was particularly pronounced among HAE patients with gastrointestinal…

Spanish patients with hereditary angioedema reported fewer severe attacks and longer delays for treatment with Firazyr (icatibant injection) compared with patients from other countries, a retrospective analysis shows. Patients in Spain also reported longer‐lasting attacks. Overall, these findings from the Icatibant Outcome Survey highlight differences in disease management…

Favipiravir, an antiviral medication used to treat influenza and, more recently, COVID-19, may trigger angioedema in some individuals, a case study says. The report was published as a clinical commentary, titled “Angioedema After Favip[i]ravir Treatment: Two cases,” in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. Angioedema, a condition characterized…

KVD900, an investigational on-demand therapy for hereditary angioedema (HAE), rapidly and nearly completely suppressed kallikrein and was generally safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers, according to Phase 1 studies. These findings, which have since been confirmed in a Phase 2 trial, supported the planned launch of…

Warning symptoms, also called prodromes, may foretell where in the body and how intense an attack of hereditary angioedema (HAE) will be, a small study found. Using input from patients, researchers observed that the majority experienced a prodrome before an attack and that almost two-thirds were able to tell…

Special care must be taken with surgeries under general anesthesia in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) to avoid dangerous swelling in the throat. A trio of researchers in Korea highlighted these considerations in the study “An anesthetic experience of hereditary angioedema type I patient undertook total…

The burden that hereditary angioedema (HAE) has on patients’ quality of life is seldom discussed during clinical visits, a U.S. study suggests. The study also found that patients fail to fully describe disease symptoms during such appointments, so their struggles are not well-documented. Therefore, researchers recommend a more patient-driven…