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Jaime Kaplan

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 Jaime Kaplan

My older sister, Barbara Kaplan, started having shortness of breath in October of 2019. She went to her internist in Miami, Florida, and a chest x-ray which showed fluid in her lungs. Her internist immediately referred her to a cardiologist who suspected amyloidosis. She was diagnosed a few days later and was started on Vyndamax shortly after. Her 3 siblings were advised to get tested for the gene. Our two brothers were quickly tested and both were deemed negative. Our mother was tested and is negative as well. Our dad is deceased.

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Alnylam Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Acceptance of Supplemental New Drug Application for Vutrisiran for the Treatment of ATTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy

Nov 25, 2024

− Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Date Set for March 23, 2025 −

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Attruby™ (acoramidis), a Near Complete TTR Stabilizer (≥90%), approved by FDA to Reduce Cardiovascular Death and Cardiovascular-related Hospitalization in ATTR-CM Patients

11.22.2024 at 7:12 PM EST

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Intellia Announces First Clinical Evidence from Ongoing Phase 1 Study that Nexiguran Ziclumeran (nex-z), an In Vivo CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Editing Therapy, May Favorably Impact Disease Progression in Transthyretin (ATTR) Amyloidosis

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.

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