Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) — forms of…
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ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsCOVID-19 complicates vascular problems in woman with Alagille
A 34-year-old woman with Alagille syndrome and vascular problems — who had been implanted with a stent for her narrowed pulmonary arteries — experienced…
The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing Atea Pharmaceuticals’ combination therapy bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir in adults with chronic…
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…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsResearchers ID mechanism behind severe ABCB11 mutations in PFIC2
Severe mutations in the ABCB11 gene cause progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) by destabilizing the resulting BSEP protein in a specific region,…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsPhase 3 trial of lanifibranor for MASH completes enrollment
Enrollment is complete for a Phase 3 clinical trial testing lanifibranor in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) — a severe type of fatty…
BILIARY ATRESIA
NewsBile acid levels may predict outcome of Kasai surgery for biliary atresia
Measuring the blood levels of bile acids, the main component of the digestive fluid bile, can help predict key clinical outcomes for babies with…
Six months of treatment with Kezar Life Sciences‘ candidate zetomipzomib led to biochemical disease remission for adults with treatment-resistant autoimmune hepatitis, enabling them…
CHOLANGITIS
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…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsLiver tissue analysis may help ID, distinguish PFIC types: Study
Analyzing the presence of different proteins in liver tissue under a microscope can be used to help diagnose progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) and…
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