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  • 5 days ago | pnhnews.com | Steve Bryson

    Novelmed Therapeutics’ ruxoprubart prevented red blood cell destruction in treatment-naïve adults with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), allowing these untreated patients to avoid blood transfusions altogether. That’s according to 12-week interim data from an ongoing Phase 2 trial (NCT05646524), which showed the treatment, administered as a standalone therapy, was safe, well-tolerated, and met all primary efficacy outcome measures.

  • 1 week ago | pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com | Steve Bryson

    Nerandomilast, Boehringer Ingelheim’s investigational oral therapy, significantly slowed lung function decline in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) after a year of treatment, according to final data from two Phase 3 clinical trials. FIBRONEER-IPF (NCT05321069) enrolled 1,177 IPF patients, while FIBRONEER-ILD (NCT05321082) enrolled 1,176 adults with progressive forms of pulmonary fibrosis other than IPF.

  • 1 week ago | liverdiseasenews.com | Steve Bryson

    The cumulative healthcare costs for infants with biliary atresia can increase substantially if they undergo their initial treatment, the Kasai surgery, after 2 months of age, according to an analysis of U.S. private-payer insurance claims. Higher healthcare costs in the first year of life was also found for infants who had been admitted to neonatal intensive care and who reside in rural areas compared with those who live in urban centers, data show.

  • 1 week ago | myastheniagravisnews.com | Steve Bryson

    Using tears to test for self-reactive antibodies to help diagnose ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) is more accurate than using blood samples, according to a study that found nearly all patients who tested negative for these antibodies in the blood had a positive result in tears. “Tear-based testing offers a promising alternative for diagnosing [blood]-negative OMG cases,” the researchers wrote.

  • 1 week ago | multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com | Steve Bryson

    Clemastine fumarate, an antihistamine, boosted disease progression by more than five times in adults with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), according to data from a Phase 1/2 trial. “Likely nobody in the MS field, us included, knew about this potential [clemastine] toxicity until we collected the data presented here,” the researchers wrote.

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