‘Anyone with a Heart’ Campaign Spreads Awareness About Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis
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‘Anyone with a Heart’ Campaign Spreads Awareness About Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis

Fredericksburg, Virginia resident Johnny Boatman is a former national guardsman who had been in excellent physical condition all his life. That was until 2022 when he felt a sharp pain…

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Some Heart Failure Patients May Have an Underlying Condition Called Cardiac Amyloidosis

A recent article in the Northern Kentucky Tribune highlights a rare condition that has been exposed by new technology. Cardiologists have found that many patients diagnosed with heart failure are…

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CRISPR: It Has Only Just Begun
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CRISPR: It Has Only Just Begun

  Over ten years ago two Nobel-Prize-winning biologists, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, discovered a technology called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats). Bacteria contain genetic sequences repeated throughout…

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Results from Phase 1 HATTR Amyloidosis Trial Presented at Recent Meeting
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Results from Phase 1 HATTR Amyloidosis Trial Presented at Recent Meeting

According to a story from globenewswire.com, the clinical company Prothena Corporation plc recently presented encouraging results from its phase 1 clinical trial. This trial was evaluating its investigational product candidate…

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Portuguese Authorities Approve Treatment for HATTR Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy
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Portuguese Authorities Approve Treatment for HATTR Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy

According to a story from PR Newswire, Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced that the Portuguese Medicine Regulatory Authority (INFARMED) has announced its approval of reimbursement for inotersen (marketed as TEGSEDI®)…

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Treatment for HATTR Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy Approved for Reimbursement in Spain
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Treatment for HATTR Amyloidosis Polyneuropathy Approved for Reimbursement in Spain

According to a story from Guru Focus, the biopharmaceutical company Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that the Ministry of Health of Spain has cleared…

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ICYMI: hATTR Amyloidosis was Untreatable Until a Gene Silencing Drug was Approved in the UK
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ICYMI: hATTR Amyloidosis was Untreatable Until a Gene Silencing Drug was Approved in the UK

  An article appeared recently in BioNews announcing the first-ever approval of an RNA-based therapy for use on the British National Health Service. The name of the drug is Patisiran…

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Companies Reach Partnership Agreement Related to an Experimental Treatment for ATTR Amyloidosis
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Companies Reach Partnership Agreement Related to an Experimental Treatment for ATTR Amyloidosis

According to a story from BioPortfolio, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eidos Therapeutics, Inc., have recently struck an agreement related to the development and marketing of an experimental treatment for hATTR…

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Worried About hATTR Amyloidosis? Check Out This New Genetic Testing Program
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Worried About hATTR Amyloidosis? Check Out This New Genetic Testing Program

According to Globe Newswire, a pharmaceutical company, Akcea Therapeutics, recently announced their new genetic testing and counseling treatment program for those who may have hereditary ATTR amyloidosis (hATTR amyloidosis). The program,…

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