FDA Approves Therapy for Primary Immunodeficiencies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gammagard Liquid ERC (immune globulin infusion) for patients ages two years and older with primary immunodeficiencies. Primary immunodeficiencies are a group of rare, genetic diseases affecting the immune...

Eosinophilic Esophagitis Explained

Marc Rothenberg, MD, of the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR), and Professor of Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, gives an overview of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).     CEGIR is part of the Rare Diseases...

FDA Approves Emapalumab to Treat Still’s Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gamifant (emapalumab-lzsg) for the treatment of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)/macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in Still’s disease. Still’s disease is a rare systemic inflammatory...