Immunoglobulin

The FDA has approved a supplemental biologics license application for the use of Hyqvia to treat primary immunodeficiency in children aged 2 to 16 years, according to a press release from Takeda.

Glucocorticoids alone demonstrate similar recovery rates as intravenous immunoglobin, or combination therapy with both, in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

SAN ANTONIO — Cutaquig provided safe and effective dosing flexibility for patients with primary immunodeficiency disease, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Early and continuing exposure to cow’s milk formula during infancy was associated with reduced development of IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Baseline and long-term milk component immunoglobulin profiles differed among children based on their responses to milk oral immunotherapy and long-term milk consumption, according to a study published in Allergy.

Firefighters and EMS providers with low levels of serum IgE who responded to the attack on the World Trade Center on and after Sept. 11, 2001, had significantly higher odds for developing a hematologic malignancy, a recent study reported.

Providers can measure total IgE levels in tears to rapidly and immediately diagnose seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in addition to predicting its severity and prognosis, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

A phase 4 trial demonstrated that a human rabies immune globulin was safe and effective in children when given as part of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, researchers reported in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.

Learn about the discovery of immunodeficiencies leading to the use of pooled immunoglobulin as therapy, the struggle to use it intravenously and the eventual use in autoimmune disease.

Mothers who experienced symptoms of depression near the end of their pregnancy were more likely to have children with lowered immunity than mothers without depressive symptoms, according to a study recently published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.