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From donning red gear to flooding social media, supporters are gearing up for World Hemophilia Day 2021 on April 17. The event is focused on raising awareness and understanding of the bleeding disorder that affects about one in 10,000 people globally. Organized by the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH),…

Continuous into-the-vein (intravenous) infusions of Advate immediately before and after major orthopedic surgery is as safe and effective as standard, short, bolus infusions at preventing bleeds in men with moderate-to-severe hemophilia A. That finding from a Phase 3/4 clinical trial — the first controlled trial to compare the two types…

Women who are hemophilia carriers are at a higher risk of experiencing heavy bleeding after giving birth, particularly those who are not on a prophylactic, or preventive, treatment regimen, a new review study has found. Researchers say these findings indicate that more intensive preventive treatments might benefit carriers about…

The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) announced that Takeda has joined its WFH Humanitarian Aid Program, agreeing to large, annual donations of treatments for people with inherited bleeding disorders like hemophilia in developing countries. Takeda,…

AMT-061 (etranacogene dezaparvovec), uniQure’s investigational gene therapy for hemophilia B, likely did not cause the case of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — a form of liver cancer — that led to the program’s clinical hold in December 2020, an investigation has found. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had put the AMT-061…

As anyone affected by a rare disease knows, treating the illness while trying to go about everyday life is an expensive undertaking.  But exactly how expensive — in terms of direct and indirect costs across rare disease populations — might still come as a surprise: almost…

Children and teenagers with hemophilia are considerably more physically active than adult patients, possibly reflecting more recent emphasis on the benefits of exercise and the arrival of better treatments, according to a recent review study. Yet, how physically activity relates to bleeding events remains unclear, its researchers wrote, and long-term…

Both swimming and hydrotherapy can improve functional capacity in hemophilia patients, according to data from a recent study. Of those two types of aquatic exercises, however, hydrotherapy was associated with the most significant functional improvements in these patients. Those findings were reported in the study, “Aquatic…

Jivi was safe and effective at preventing and treating bleeds for more than five years in boys under age 12 with severe hemophilia A, according to long-term data from a Phase 3 trial’s extension study. Data analysis also showed that most of…

For people with hemophilia B, switching to Rixubis (nonacog gamma) as a factor IX (FIX) replacement therapy was not associated with increased bleeding rates, dose changes, adverse blood clotting events, or the development of inhibitors among patients with moderate to severe forms of the disease,…