July 23, 2023

FDA grants De Novo Marketing Authorization for KidneyIntelX.dkd to assess risk of progressive kidney function decline in adults with diabetes and early-stage kidney disease – Renalytix plc

Renalytix plc announces that the FDA has granted De Novo marketing authorization for its KidneyIntelX.dkd prognostic test. This affirms KidneyIntelX as a first-in-class, artificial intelligence enabled prognostic testing platform to guide care management for adults with type 2 diabetes and early-stage chronic (diabetic) kidney disease. Renalytix believes FDA authorization will lead to increasing test adoption, informing clinical guidelines, expanding insurance […]

admin Health 0 57 sec read
July 7, 2023

CHMP positive for Jesduvroq to treat symptomatic anemia in adults with chronic kidney disease who are on dialysis – GSK

Jesduvroq (daprodustat) from GSK received a positive opinion from the CHMP for the treatment of adult patients for for the treatment of symptomatic anaemia in adults with chronic kidney disease who are on chronic dialysis. The benefit of Jesduvroq is its ability to correct haemoglobin levels in dialysis-dependent patients, with effects comparable to those seen with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. The most […]

admin Health 0 30 sec read
April 7, 2023

Study finds certain substances in urine, blood can predict kidney disease progression

In a new study looking at the long-term effects of hospitalized patients who have acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden but temporary loss of kidney function, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD). The findings, published on March 23, in the Journal […]

admin Health 0 2 min read
July 15, 2022

Widely-used kidney function tests underestimate scale of kidney disease

The findings suggest that methods developed in high-income settings to check kidney function are not accurate for many people in Africa. Researchers from the African Research on Kidney Disease (ARK) Consortium ran the study, which focused on more than  2 500 people in Malawi, South Africa and Uganda. About the study Testing how well kidneys function is essential to diagnosing kidney […]

admin Health 0 4 min read
August 27, 2021

Study shows dramatic long-term complications in youth-onset type 2 diabetes

Researchers report that patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in their youth are, by young adulthood, at risk of serious complications. The findings from the TODAY2 study (Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) appeared in the NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine on July 28, 2021. “Youth-onset of type 2 diabetes is associated with an accumulation of diabetes-related complications […]

admin Health 0 1 min read
July 28, 2021

GSK announces positive headline results from five phase III studies of daprodustat for patients with anaemia due to chronic kidney disease

GlaxoSmithKline plc announced positive headline results from five studies of the Phase III ASCEND programme, evaluating the efficacy and safety profile of daprodustat, an investigational oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor (HIF-PHI), for patients with anaemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The ASCEND programme showed that daprodustat met its primary efficacy endpoint in each study, demonstrating an improvement in […]

admin Health 0 1 min read
May 3, 2021

Farxiga approved in the US for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in patients at risk of progression with and without type-2 diabetes – AstraZeneca

Copyright © ICR (UK) Limited t/a International Medical Information (IMI). Registered in the UK Company no. 05894351 medicalupdateonline.com is brought to you by International Medical Information. For more details, visit http://www.medicalimi.com Disclaimer: All information on this site has been collated by healthcare professionals from around the globe. Where every possible step has been taken to ensure its accuracy, MedicalUpdateOnline cannot […]

admin Health 0 27 sec read

Recent Posts

Meta

Categories

Archives

Recent Comments