Note: This story was updated Sept. 2, 2025, to clarify the definition of a durable platelet response used in LUNA 3. The U.S. Food and…
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THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
NewsAn early diagnosis helps woman with TTP deliver healthy baby
A woman in Spain delivered a full-term, healthy baby after she was identified early as having congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and treated successfully…
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NewsDaratumumab injection therapy for cancer may help in hard-to-treat ITP
Daratumumab, an injection therapy approved to treat myeloma, may help to control immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in individuals whose disease doesn’t respond well to available…
VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE
NewsNew funding will launch trial of tAN for heavy menstrual bleeding
Spark Biomedical has been awarded funding from The Missed Vital Sign, Wellcome Leap’s $50 million program in women’s health, which it will use…
THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
NewsLupus may alter iTTP symptoms, outcomes: Study
People with immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) who also have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) — have different symptoms and longer periods without disease relapse…
IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA
NewsIanalumab lengthens time patients can maintain safe platelet levels
A Phase 3 clinical trial testing ianalumab (VAY736) in combination with Promacta (eltrombopag) in people with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has met its main…
VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE
NewsMore Haemate-P use could mean big cost savings for Spain: Study
Increasing the use of Haemate-P to treat von Willebrand disease (VWD) could yield substantial savings for the healthcare system in Spain, a study found.
THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
NewsPlatelet transfusion tied to much higher risk of death in TTP: Study
Platelet transfusions more than double the risk of death among people with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), according to a review of published studies.
IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA
NewsAI predicts how kids with ITP will respond to rituximab infusion
Artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately predict a response to the second-line therapy rituximab in children and adolescents with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a…
VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE
NewsHeavy menstrual bleeding prevalent in women with VWD
About two-thirds of women with von Willebrand disease (VWD) experience heavy menstrual bleeding, according to a study from Sweden. Data also showed that…
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