The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review to Johnson & Johnson’s request to approve nipocalimab for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are positive for the most common types of MG-causing self-reactive antibodies.  …
Soleo Health, a specialty pharmacy company, has opened a new ambulatory infusion site in the Denver area for people with myasthenia gravis (MG) and other diseases requiring infusion therapies. The Greenwood Village, Colorado, location offers private infusion sites…
Myasthenia gravis (MG) patients in Norway who were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) had 2.3 times higher direct medical costs during the first year after a diagnosis than those who didn’t receive IVIG treatment. That’s according to a study that also found that people with MG treated…
Patients should be monitored for symptoms of myasthenia gravis (MG) for approximately six months after starting treatment with statins, common blood cholesterol-lowering medications, according to a study. Hong Kong-based researchers found a significantly increased risk for MG onset and exacerbation, or worsening, in the first seven months after…
A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) and with a mass in his thymus, a small, immune cell-producing gland in the upper chest, that is not usually found in elderly adults with MG, a case study from India reports. The man began exhibiting disease symptoms, including…
Long-term use of the immunosuppressant tacrolimus was found to be safe and effective in myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with self-reactive antibodies targeting muscle-specific kinase, or MuSK — a protein important in nerve-muscle communication — according to the findings of a new study by researchers in China. Treatment with tacrolimus significantly…
The first patient has been dosed in a proof-of-concept clinical trial evaluating CNP-106, an immune-modifying nanoparticle that’s designed to reprogram the immune system in people with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). The Phase 1b/2a trial NCT06106672), sponsored by CNP-106’s developer Cour Pharmaceuticals, will assess the safety, tolerability, efficacy,…
An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analysis of more than 11,000 posts on social media or in online community groups found that myasthenia gravis (MG) patients use these platforms primarily to discuss the negative impact of their disease symptoms and their feelings about MG treatments. Most of the posts…
Treatment with the immunosuppressant Prograf (tacrolimus) within one year of the onset of juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) was found to be safe and effective in a study of pediatric patients in China. Patients who were started on Prograf earlier after JMG onset were significantly more likely to achieve…
The use of myasthenia gravis (MG) treatments did not increase COVID-19 infection risk or severity, according to a new study of Chinese patients with both generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and ocular types of MG. In fact, continuing treatment with nonspecific nonsteroidal immunosuppressants and antibody therapies during infection…
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