Chugai Pharmaceutical is asking regulatory authorities in Japan to extend the use of Hemlibra (emicizumab) in preventing or reducing…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
The first documented case of a previously untreated hemophilia B patient developing inhibitors against the extended half-life therapy…
Poseida Therapeutics and Takeda are working together to develop non-viral gene therapies for hemophilia and other genetic diseases. “Together…
A newly designed platform based on the principle of “reverse vaccination” could be used to prevent the development of an…
Most people with hemophilia A on preventive treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab) will experience spontaneous or traumatic bleeds at some…
Preventive treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab) safely and effectively reduced bleeding rates in children with hemophilia A who were…
Two pharmaceutical companies, LeaderMed Health Group and OPKO Health, are teaming up to develop, manufacture, and commercialize two experimental…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has restored its approval of BeneFIX as a routine prophylactic, or preventive, treatment…
Preventive treatment with marzeptacog alfa activated (MarzAA) can reduce bleed frequency substantially in men with hemophilia A or…
Treatment with the investigational gene therapy Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) can reduce bleeding frequency and the use of…