The first patient has been enrolled in WIND-PSC, a global study to track the natural course of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and generate real-world…
Cholangitis
Treatment with Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) — an oral therapy with conditional approval in both the U.S. and Europe — reduced levels of additional markers…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsSeladelpar eases liver damage, itch in primary biliary cholangitis
One year of treatment with Gilead Sciences’ seladelpar normalized biomarkers of liver injury and rapidly reduced itch for most people with primary biliary…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsAnalyses on volixibat trial data in PSC, PBC slated for June
Interim analyses of data from Phase 2 clinical trials testing Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ oral therapy candidate volixibat in people with itch, or pruritus, due to…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsHaving PBC may increase risk of IBD, but not vice versa: Study
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a rare autoimmune liver disease, shares 10 genetic risk factors with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a group of inflammatory conditions…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsNew molecule to reduce liver scarring a potential PSC treatment
Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have created a molecule, named antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) 56, that is able to potently reduce liver…
Ascletis Pharma will not to pursue further clinical testing of its experimental oral therapy ASC42 for adults with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsElafibranor for PBC may become Genfit’s first approved molecule
Elafibranor, an oral molecule under regulatory review as a new second-line treatment for adults with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), may become the first candidate…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsLB-P8 probiotic on FDA fast track for primary sclerosing cholangitis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to LB-P8, LISCure Biosciences’ experimental live bacterium product that is headed toward…
Golexanolone, Umecrine Cognition’s investigational oral therapy, was generally safe and well tolerated in adults with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and clinically significant…
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