Ligelizumab for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

Marcus Maurer¹, Ana M Giménez-Arnau¹, Gordon Sussman¹+24

• ¹From the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (M. Maurer, M. Metz), the Department of Dermatology, University Allergy Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden (A. Bauer), the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster (R.B.), the Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz (P.S.), and the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Comprehensive Allergy Center, Hannover Medical School, Hannover (B.W.) - all in Germany; the Dermatology Department, Hospital del Mar-Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Barcelona (A.M.G.-A.); the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto (G.S.), Service d'Allergie, Centre Hospitalier Université Laval-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec, QC (J.H.), and the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (K.K.) - all in Canada; Baker Allergy Asthma and Dermatology Clinic, Portland, OR (D.R.B.); University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology, Rheumatology, and Allergy and Bernstein Clinical Research Center, Cincinnati (J.A.B.); the Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine (C.-Y.C.), and the Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (W.-H.C.), Taipei, Taiwan; the National Research Center-Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow (I.D.), and the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Smolensk State Medical University, Smolensk (R.M.) - both in Russia; St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London (C.G.), and the National Institute for Health Research-Leeds Biomedical Research Centre and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, and the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds (S.S.) - all in the United Kingdom; the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, and the Immunology and Allergy Unit, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW (C.K.), and Sinclair Dermatology and the Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC (R.S.) - all in Australia; the Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens (M. Makris); Little Rock Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Little Rock, AR (K.S.); Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland (J.L., T.S., R.J.); Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ (A. Barve, K.K.); and Shanghai Novartis Trading, Shanghai, China (E.H.).