Renal news roundup from AKF

The American College of Rheumatology has issued guidelines for lupus nephritis, recommending early triple therapy as the most effective treatment. The guideline...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to SeaStar Medical's Selective Cytopheretic Device for treating chronic ...

Quanta Dialysis Technologies has received FDA 510(k) clearance to use its Quanta Dialysis System for home hemodialysis. A recent trial demonstrated the system&#...

Novo Nordisk has received approval from the European Medicines Agency to update the label for Ozempic to include an indication for reducing chronic kidney disea...

Patients with CKD often lack advance care plans, despite needing to make crucial decisions about treatments such as dialysis. Koda Health is addressing this gap...

Physicians should routinely monitor kidney function in COVID-19 survivors, as the virus can cause kidney damage months after infection, even in cases that were ...

The Kidney Care Choices model, a federal value-based initiative for kidney disease, is showing promise in its fourth year, with first-year results indicating si...

State policies in Illinois, Minnesota and Massachusetts have doubled the number of undocumented immigrants on the kidney transplant waitlist, although the rate ...

Baxter International is again producing peritoneal dialysis solutions at its North Cove, N.C. facility that was damaged in flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. ...