Can I take Soliris while pregnant?

Written by Inês Martins, PhD |

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Can I take Soliris while pregnant?

Category: Soliris

While animal data has suggested that anti-C5 antibodies like Soliris can cause fetal harm, an analysis involving more than 300 women exposed to Soliris during pregnancy has not identified any major concerns. Still, it remains unknown if Soliris can cause harm to a developing human fetus, so patients who become or plan to become pregnant while on the medication should discuss this topic with their healthcare team.

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Inês Martins, PhD Inês holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, where she specialized in blood vessel biology, blood stem cells, and cancer. Before that, she studied cell and molecular biology at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and worked as a research fellow at several research institutes. In addition to several college awards, Inês won the Pfizer Basic Research Award in 2012 for a research paper. Motivated by a desire to make complex scientific information accessible to those who need it most, Inês joined Bionews in 2016 as a science writer. She later became a managing science editor and now serves as the editorial associate director of science, helping lead a team of writers and editors dedicated to providing accurate, clear, and empowering information to the rare disease community.