Supporters are gearing up for World Liver Day on April 19 — marked by a global campaign to raise awareness about liver health and…
Cholangitis
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has agreed that Ipsen’s Iqirvo (elafibranor) be covered by the country’s public National Health Service (NHS), making the therapy…
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NewsNebokitug shows sustained benefits for moderate, advanced PSC
A year of treatment with Chemomab Therapeutics’s candidate nebokitug reduces key disease biomarkers and the occurrence of clinical events that reflect disease progression among…
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News2nd-line PBC treatment options call for personalized care: Analysis
Among second-line treatments for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), Iqirvo (elafibranor) may work better than Livdelzi (seladelpar) at reducing markers of liver damage, while Livdelzi…
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NewsTrial testing golexanolone as PBC treatment delayed
A Phase 1b/2 trial testing Umecrine Cognition’s golexanolone in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients with cognitive symptoms and fatigue has been delayed due to…
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NewsCanadian scientists given grant to advance ways of treating PSC
Conscience, a Canadian nonprofit, has awarded CA$461,241 (nearly $320,000) to a research project aiming to provide preclinical data that could lead to new approaches…
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ColumnsHow I advocated for my brother before and after his PSC diagnosis
“I can’t explain why, but I don’t feel well,” my younger brother, Osari, said. He was 32 years old at the time. That statement was…
Chemomab Therapeutics has aligned with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the best path toward regulatory approval of its investigational therapy nebokitug,…
Gilead Sciences’ oral therapy seladelpar has been conditionally approved by the European Commission as a second-line therapy for adults with primary biliary…
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News2nd liver transplant linked to good outcomes in PSC
A second liver transplant results in transplant and patient outcomes in people with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) that are comparable or better than those…
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