Groups unite to fight liver disease during PBC Awareness Month
Members of the primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) community have come together in September as part of PBC Awareness Month to build support and share…
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New trial data show saroglitazar works to ease liver damage in PBC
One year of treatment with saroglitazar, Zydus Therapeutics’ experimental oral candidate, outperformed a placebo at normalizing markers of liver injury in people with…
Blood marker can predict liver function improvement in PBC
A blood marker of inflammation called lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) is an independent predictor of liver recompensation — when liver function improves with treatment despite permanent…
Chemomab, FDA align on key aspects of nebokitug development
Chemomab Therapeutics has aligned with U.S. regulators on several aspects of the late-stage development of nebokitug, its candidate therapy for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC),…
PSC raises colorectal cancer risk even without IBD
People with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) have a six times higher risk of cancer affecting the large intestine or rectum, and that risk remained…
Adding Vitamin D boosts PBC treatment in clinical trial
Adding vitamin D to ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment is superior to UDCA alone at reducing symptoms, liver damage markers, and liver scarring in previously untreated…
Large study finds risks of liver cancer low for certain PSC patients
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is relatively rare among people with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) who do not have…
PPAR agonists effective in UDCA-resistant primary biliary cholangitis
A class of medicines called PPAR agonists that modulate genes involved in inflammation and scarring improve biochemical markers of liver function and ease itching in…
Umecrine raises $2.5M to advance trial testing golexanolone for PBC
Umecrine Cognition has raised around $2.5 million to support an ongoing Phase 1b/2a clinical trial testing its investigational therapy golexanolone for cognitive problems and…
Imbalance of certain fatty molecules may signal disease severity in PSC
An imbalance in the blood between long-chain and very long-chain ceramides — fatty molecules that help fine-tune the body’s inflammatory response — may help indicate…
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