Livmarli 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…
Cholestasis is a medical term that’s used to describe a slowing or stalling of bile flow out of the liver. Bile is a yellow-greenish fluid produced by the liver that helps to break down certain fatty molecules and proteins into smaller pieces during digestion. It also carries certain waste products from the liver into the intestines to be excreted in feces.
Read moreCholestasis treatment options aim to restore the normal flow of the digestive fluid bile through the bile ducts, a series of tubes that carry the sticky yellow-greenish fluid out of the liver where it's made and to the small intestine.
Read moreThe 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…
Blood levels of certain fatty molecules, called short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), in pregnant women may help diagnose intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), according to…
After our daughter Eva was diagnosed with the liver disease progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), we chose in vitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic…