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EU panel recommends Takhzyro for children as young as 2

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an arm of the European Medicines Agency, has recommended the approval of Takhzyro (lanadelumab) for the routine prevention of hereditary angioedema (HAE) attacks in children starting at age 2. Based on a positive opinion from the CHMP, the European…

Orladeyo recommended for reimbursement in Québec

The Institut national d’excellence en santé et services sociaux (INESSS) has recommended that BioCryst Pharmaceuticals’ Orladeyo (berotralstat) be reimbursed by public health plans for eligible adults and adolescents 12 and older with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in the Canadian province of Québec. A similar recommendation was made earlier…

Takhzyro better than Cinryze at preventing HAE attacks: Study

Takhzyro (lanadelumab) may be better than Cinryze at preventing swelling episodes in hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to a study based on data from Phase 3 clinical trials. The study, “Patient-level indirect treatment comparison of lanadelumab versus pdC1-INH i.v. in hereditary angioedema patients: PATCH study,” was published…

Drug-induced AED due to bradykinin excess may be overdiagnosed

A significant proportion of people diagnosed with drug-induced angioedema due to using certain blood pressure medications — namely angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs), or angiotensin 2 receptor blockers (ARBs) — were misdiagnosed, according to a recent report from France. These patients, who continued to experience recurrent angioedema attacks more than…

Orladeyo effective in 3 people with HAE of unknown origin

Treatment with Orladeyo (berotralstat) effectively prevented swelling and improved life quality for three people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) with no known disease-causing mutations. “Our results provide the first evidence that [Orladeyo] can be an effective therapy in patients with HAE [who do not have any known mutations],” scientists…

Takhzyro prevented swelling attacks in Japanese HAE patients

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…