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Uplizna effective in patients with or without genetic variant: Data

Uplizna (inebilizumab) prevented disease attacks for people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) regardless of whether they had a genetic variant in the FCGR3A gene that’s associated with reduced efficacy of rituximab, a therapy commonly used off-label for NMOSD. That’s according to additional data analyses from the Phase…

Uplizna Equally Effective in Patients With or Without Genetic Variants

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…