Category: Neuroimmunology

Immune response responsible for neurological damage

There has been a long-held belief that acute viral infections are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers from McMaster University have now discovered that it is the immune system’s response that is behind it. The research, published on February 5, 2024 in Nature Communications, was led by Elizabeth Balint, a PhD student at McMaster, and…

CIDP – FDA approval of HYQVIA

FDA approves Takeda’s Immune Globulin Infusion, Hyqvia 16 January, 2024; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HYQVIA® [Immune Globulin Infusion 10% (Human) with Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase] for the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) as maintenance therapy to prevent the relapse of neuromuscular disability and impairment in adults. HYQVIA first received approval…