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Obeticholic acid reduces ALP and bilirubin in primary biliary cholangitis

Obeticholic acid reduced alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin levels in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, according to a phase 3 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. However, patients taking the drug were more likely to experience pruritis. “The approval of obeticholic acid for primary biliary cholangitis gives us the first new drug for…

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