BeneFIX Again Preventive Therapy for Children With Hemophilia B
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has restored its approval of BeneFIX as a routine prophylactic, or preventive, treatment for bleeds in children and adolescents under 16 with hemophilia B. Marketed by Pfizer, BeneFIX is a lab-made version of factor IX (FIX), the blood clotting protein that…