An investigational treatment for myasthenia gravis, ARGX-113 (efgartigimod), being developed by the Dutch pharmaceutical firm argenx, was found to be…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Myasthenic crisis is a common complication in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), marked by exacerbation of MG symptoms and respiratory…
The cost of Genentech’s myasthenia gravis treatment Rituxan (rituximab) is half that of the blood purification process known as plasmapheresis…
Removing the thymus is an effective way to treat people with ocular myasthenia gravis, according to an analysis of previously published data…
Researchers Gain Insight Into How Myasthenia Gravis Antibodies Destroy Receptor Vital to Movement
University of Southern California researchers have gained insight into how antibodies connected with a disease known as myasthenia gravis…