High levels of CCL24, the protein targeted by Chemomab Therapeutics’ investigational antibody-based therapy CM-101, are associated with biological pathways contributing to the progression of…
Cholangitis
Daily treatment with Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ oral candidate volixibat significantly reduced itching — medically known as pruritus — and fatigue for adults with primary…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsSeladelpar still eases itch, liver damage after 2 years: PBC trial
Two years of treatment with seladelpar, Gilead Sciences’ oral candidate, safely results in rapid and sustained reductions in itching and liver damage markers for…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsElafibranor, now Iqirvo, wins FDA accelerated approval for PBC
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to Ipsen’s elafibranor as a second-line treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC).
CHOLANGITIS
News1st patient enrolled in WIND-PSC natural history study
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…
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…
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