The experimental therapy CM-101 is generally safe and results in signs of improvement in liver health and health of the ducts that transport the…
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CHOLESTASIS
NewsPFIC treatment IN016 gets FDA orphan drug status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to IN016, an experimental therapy Innorna is developing for progressive familial…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsPemvidutide seen to lower liver fat in MASLD patients in Phase 1 trial
Pemvidutide, Altimmune’s experimental therapy, significantly reduced liver fat and inflammation, as well as body weight, among overweight or obese people with metabolic dysfunction-associated…
BILIARY ATRESIA
NewsStudy identifies predictor of serious liver complication in biliary atresia
Having persistently high blood levels of bilirubin, a marker of liver damage, a year after undergoing a corrective liver surgery called the Kasai procedure increases…
In its efforts to connect diagnosed but untreated hepatitis B or C patients with physicians, the Center for Disease Analysis (CDA) Foundation has…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsEMA committee recommends Iqirvo approval for PBC in Europe
A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee has recommended the approval of Ipsen‘s Iqirvo (elafibranor) as a second-line therapy for adults with primary biliary…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsBlood biomarkers may aid newborn cholestasis diagnosis: Study
Measuring blood levels of bile acids, a component of bile, and the gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) enzyme may aid newborn cholestasis diagnosis by distinguishing between…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsPoor sleep quality ID’d as key risk factor for fatty liver disease
Poor sleep quality — noted by researchers as increasingly common in modern society — is significantly linked to a higher chance of having metabolic dysfunction-associated…
ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsDupilumab works as itching treatment in Alagille case: Report
The use of dupilumab, an approved anti-inflammatory antibody-based treatment, worked to ease itching, known medically as pruritus, in a young woman with Alagille syndrome…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsLivmarli now approved in US for PFIC patients 1 year and older
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label expansion for Livmarli (maralixibat) that allows the medication to be used in patients with…
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