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NewsFDA approves Mirum’s Livmarli for PFIC patients ages 5 and older
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ Livmarli (maralixibat) to reduce pruritus, or itching, in adults and children, 5 years…
CHOLANGITIS
NewsPhase 2 study of LB-P8 for PSC nets FDA clearance
LISCure Biosciences will launch a Phase 2 trial in the United States to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of LB-P8, its live bacterium candidate…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsSodium 4-phenylbutyrate delayed transplant need in 2 PFIC2 children
Treatment with an oral medication called sodium 4-phenylbutyrate — approved to treat diseases in which the body fails to remove a waste called ammonia…
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
NewsSmall amounts of alcohol deemed OK in early steatotic liver disease
Drinking a small amount of alcohol each day did not raise the mortality risk among people in the early stages of steatotic liver disease…
ALAGILLE SYNDROME
NewsLivmarli’s long-term benefits in Alagille extend beyond itch: Study
Up to six years of treatment with Livmarli (maralixibat), which is approved for reducing itch, or pruritus, in Alagille syndrome, prolonged survival and…
A global outbreak of severe hepatitis in children just after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted could have been caused by infections with multiple viruses at…
Daily treatment with seladelpar, CymaBay Therapeutics’ investigational oral candidate for people with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), was shown to normalize liver biomarkers and…
CHOLESTASIS
NewsProbiotics may help women with ICP, but risks not yet known
Women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) show lesser diversity across their gut bacteria than do other pregnant women, a study reports. Its findings…
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