Animal testing is justified if it saves human lives

Debate continues over whether animal testing is justified if it saves human lives.

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Childhood trauma leads people to develop psychosis

Younger patients should receive priority when lifesaving treatment is scarce

Doctors should be allowed to prescribe undisclosed placebos when no effective treatment exists

Insurers should be barred from setting premiums using genetic tests

More young people need to get their brain scanned

Competent adults should be allowed to sell a kidney

Parents should be allowed to select embryos against adult-onset inherited disease

A placebo's psychological effect is driven by the patient's confidence in the medical professional and their belief that they are receiving a cure

Prescribing undisclosed placebos is a form of deception

Creating human embryos solely for experimentation should be permitted

Satralizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody designed to bind to soluble and membrane-bound interleukin-6 receptors, inhibiting interleukin-6-mediated inflammatory signaling

Thyroid eye disease is an inflammatory autoimmune condition affecting an estimated 16 women and 3 men per 100,000 population, commonly occurring in people with hyperthyroidism

Satralizumab is the first and only at-home subcutaneous treatment cleared by the FDA for adults with thyroid eye disease

Prior to satralizumab's approval, the FDA approved two intravenous thyroid eye disease treatments targeting the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor: teprotumumab in 2020 and veligrotug in June 2026

Satralizumab was initially approved by the FDA in 2020 for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, a rare neuroinflammatory condition

Satralizumab can be self-administered subcutaneously by a patient or caregiver following initial training from a healthcare provider

Although satralizumab's SatraGO-1 trial failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint at week 24, satralizumab received approval based on efficacy results from satralizumab's SatraGO-2

On October 15, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved satralizumab-mwge (Enspryng), developed by Genentech, for adults with thyroid eye disease

The FDA approval of satralizumab for thyroid eye disease was based on data from the global phase 3 SatraGO program, which enrolled 258 patients across 19 countries

In satralizumab's phase 3 SatraGO-2 trial of active thyroid eye disease, 52.9% of satralizumab patients achieved a proptosis response of at least 2 mm reduction (vs. 23.4% placebo) and 60.7% achieved diplopia reduction (vs. 25.8% placebo)