Cirrhosis News
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Alnylam and Regeneron Report Promising Data from Ongoing Phase 1 Study of ALN-HSD in NASH Patients and Healthy Volunteers
Target knockdown and safety results support continued clinical development Alnylam and Regeneron intend to initiate a Phase 2 study in late 2022 Detailed results to be presented at an upcoming medical congress CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & TARRYTOWN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 15, 2022-- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: REGN) announced today ...
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Valneva and VBI Vaccines Announce European Partnership for Marketing and Distribution of PreHevbri
Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA) (Valneva) and VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI) today announced a partnership in select European markets for the marketing and distribution of PreHevbri® [Hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant, adsorbed)], the only 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine approved in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, specialty vaccine company Valneva will promote ...
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Independent Clinical Study Shows Seravue® Has High Sensitivity And Specificity For The Detection Of Liver Cancer In Nafld And Related Cirrhotic Patients
A recent study has been published by investigators at the University of Turin in the peer-reviewed journal Current Oncology. This study focused on the performance of Seravue and the LC-SPIK biomarker in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a pool of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) related cirrhosis patients. Here, LC-SPIK had an AUC of 0.841 and significantly outperformed AFP, the ...
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Sequana Medical completes enrollment in Phase 2a SAHARA I DSR study, reports disease-modifying profile for Short Term DSR and provides business update
DSR (Direct Sodium Removal) heart failure drug development: Completed enrollment in SAHARA I[i] with first-generation DSR product (“DSR 1.0”) – extending study with second-generation DSR product (“DSR 2.0”) to support US IND[ii] filing by year end Proof-of-concept delivered in diuretic-resistant heart failure patients with dramatic and durable improvements in ...
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VBI Vaccines Announces Appointment of John Dillman as Chief Commercial Officer
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and treatment of disease, today announced that John Dillman has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Dillman will be responsible for leading VBI’s commercial strategy, sales, and sales operations, including the commercialization of ...
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VBI Vaccines Announces New Long-Term Follow-Up Clinical Data for its 3-Antigen Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine Presented at EASL 2022
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and treatment of disease, today announced that new data from a follow-up analysis of a subset of participants from the pivotal Phase 3 study (PROTECT) of the Company’s 3-antigen prophylactic hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine, were presented in an oral presentation at The ...
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VBI Vaccines Announces UK MHRA Marketing Authorisation for PreHevbri, a 3-Antigen Adult Hepatitis B Vaccine
PreHevbri is the only approved 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine for adults in the United Kingdom Approval follows the European Commission’s marketing authorisation, granted in April 2022 VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and treatment of disease, today announced that the UK Medicines and ...
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Sequana Medical announces results of Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders
Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the “Company” or “Sequana Medical“), an innovator in the treatment of diuretic-resistant fluid overload in liver disease, malignant ascites and heart failure, today announces that all proposed resolutions submitted to the Annual and Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders were approved at the meetings held today at 09:00 ...
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VBI Vaccines Announces Abstract Accepted for Oral Presentation at EASL 2022
VBI Vaccines Inc. (Nasdaq: VBIV) (VBI), a biopharmaceutical company driven by immunology in the pursuit of powerful prevention and treatment of disease, today announced that an abstract highlighting long-term durability of immune response data following vaccination with VBI’s 3-antigen hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine has been accepted for oral presentation at The International Liver ...
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Sequana Medical announces the completion of alfapump implantations in POSEIDON, the North American pivotal alfapump study
Reporting of primary endpoint on track for Q4 2022 FDA regulatory submission on track for mid-2023 70% survival of POSEIDON Roll-In patients at one year post-implantation1 compares favourably to published literature in this high-risk patient population Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the “Company” or “Sequana Medical”), an innovator in the treatment ...
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HemoShear Identifies Second Target to Treat Nash for Takeda
HemoShear Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that a second target identified utilizing the company’s REVEAL-Tx™ human disease modeling platform has been selected by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) for further drug discovery activities for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This marks the successful completion of HemoShear’s exclusive collaboration ...
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Dicerna Presents Data From Phase 1 Trial of Belcesiran at American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) The Liver Meeting® 2021
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA), a leading developer of investigational ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today presented results from its Phase 1 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of belcesiran, an investigational GalXC™ RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-associated liver disease (AATLD). ...
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Sonic Incytes Showcases Velacur at ACG 2021
Breakthrough imaging solution for liver health offers physicians an accurate, accessible and affordable way to manage emerging health crisis In recognition of Liver Awareness Month this October, Sonic Incytes Medical Corp. is pleased to showcase VelacurTM, the first handheld 3D liver health assessment solution, at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting, ...
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A Complete Overview of a Life Saving Treatment - Liver Transplantation in India
Hepatic transplant or liver transplant is a treatment that includes the replacement of diseased liver with the healthy liver from another individual. It is a surgical treatment to remove the non-functional liver (liver failure) and replace it with the healthy liver (from a deceased donor) or a part of the healthy liver (from a living donor). Few important matters regarding liver transplantation ...
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Why do you require to have a Liver transplant?
If anyhow, your liver stops working properly, you may need a liver transplant. Liver Transplant India is generally recommended if you have a last-stage liver disease, which is chronic liver failure. This is a life-threatening and serious liver disease, and this is be caused by many liver conditions. For instance, cirrhosis is one of the common causes of end-stage liver disease. It is one of the ...
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Glycotest, Inc. Receives $3 Million Second Tranche of $10 Million Series A Financing
Glycotest, Inc., a diagnostics company commercializing new and unique blood tests for life threatening liver cancers and fibrosis–cirrhosis, announced today that the Company has received the second $3 million tranche of the $10 million Series A funding round from Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Fosun Pharma”). The focus of this strategic investment is the advancement ...
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New Approaches to the Old Hunt for NASH Therapies
Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The global prevalence of NAFLD is as high as one billion and is the most common cause of chronic liver disease, affecting between 80 and 100 million in the U.S., among whom nearly 25% progress to NASH. NASH is characterized by the presence of an abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver. As ...
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Glycotest, Inc. Receives $3 Million First Tranche of $10 Million Series A Financing
Glycotest, Inc., a diagnostics company commercializing new and unique blood tests for life threatening liver cancers and fibrosis–cirrhosis, announced today that the Company has received the first $3 million tranche of the $10 million Series A funding round from Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Fosun ...
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Glycotest™ Closes $10 Million Series A Financing with Fosun Pharma
Glycotest Inc., Inc., a diagnostics company commercializing new and unique blood tests for life threatening liver cancers and fibrosis–cirrhosis, announced today the close of a Series A funding round of $10 million from Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Fosun Pharma”). The transaction includes an equity investment of an initial tranche of $3 million with the remaining $7 ...
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Glycotest™ HCC Panel Completes Successful Clinical Product Evaluation
Glycotest Inc., announced today that it successfully completed a clinical evaluation of its HCC Panel in China. In a blinded evaluation of 149 HCC patient and control samples, the HCC Panel achieved an AUROC of 0.97. Glycotest is a private liver disease diagnostics company commercializing new and unique blood tests for liver cancers and fibrosis-cirrhosis. The Company’s mission is to ...
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