B-cell depletion

Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) works to treat people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) regardless of whether such patients carry genetic variants linked to poor responses to other B-cell depleting therapies, new trial data show. An analysis of N-MOmentum Phase 2/3 data found that the approved therapy was as effective…

Treatment with Horizon Therapeutics’ Uplizna (inebilizumab) leads to a rapid and sustained drop in immune B-cells in adults with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), data from the N-MOmentum Phase 2/3 clinical trial show. Notably, while all Uplizna-treated patients experienced significant clinical benefits, those with greater B-cell depletion showed lower…