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argenx Announces Publication in The Lancet Neurology of Pivotal ADHERE Study Data in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Published: 2024-09-19 05:00:00 ET
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September 19, 20247:00 am CET

Amsterdam, the Netherlands – argenx SE (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a global immunology company committed to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases, today announced publication in The Lancet Neurology of the pivotal ADHERE Study, the largest clinical trial to date in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). CIDP is a rare, debilitating, often progressive, immune-mediated neuromuscular disorder of the peripheral nervous system. This is the first time the ADHERE Study has been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. A link to the full manuscript can be found here.

“Since its approval in June, VYVGART Hytrulo is already transforming the lives of patients with CIDP,” said Luc Truyen, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of argenx. “With today’s publication in The Lancet Neurology, we are also advancing scientific knowledge of the disease biology underlying CIDP and thereby helping to progress further innovation with the potential, like VYVGART Hytrulo, to significantly improve function for patients while easing the burdens associated with prior treatments.”

Highlights from the ADHERE study:

  • ADHERE met its primary endpoint (p

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