Mashnet, a network of health organizations in the U.S. and Europe, formed a coalition to broaden access to noninvasive diagnostic tools that can detect metabolic…
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ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsCanada approves Livmarli oral tablets for Alagille itching
An oral tablet formulation of Livmarli (maralixibat) is now approved in Canada to treat pruritus (itching) caused by Alagille syndrome. An oral solution…
Dosing has begun in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial testing CRMA-1001, Nchroma Bio’s experimental epigenetic therapy being studied as a potential functional cure for…
Receiving a liver transplant from a living donor is associated with an increased risk — as much as four times higher — of disease recurrence…
LIVER DISEASE
NewsEarly detection highlighted in this year’s Rare Liver Diseases Month
February is Rare Liver Diseases Month, and this year, the Global Liver Institute (GLI) is highlighting the importance of early diagnosis for better health…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsApproval of Kayshild, sold in US as Wegovy, urged in EU for treating MASH
A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that Kayshild (semaglutide), marketed in the U.S. and Canada as Wegovy, be approved in…
BILIARY ATRESIA
NewsLiver complication linked to transplant need in biliary atresia: Study
Half of biliary atresia patients who have undergone standard Kasai surgery develop a serious liver complication called portal hypertension (PH), and this is linked…
Huahui Health‘s Libevitug has become the first approved treatment for chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in China. The country’s National Medical Products Administration…
People who are exposed to more sunlight over their lifetimes are less likely to develop primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a study shows. “This suggests…
An international group of patients, clinicians, and researchers has recommended a standardized set of clinical measurements to assess outcomes in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy…
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