Prophylactic, or preventive, use of Hemlibra (emicizumab) promotes joint health in people with hemophilia A, according to a new analysis of data from a Phase 3 trial. These findings were announced in the oral presentation “Bone and Joint Health Markers in Persons with Hemophilia A (PwHA)…
BioMarin is considering pricing its hemophilia A gene therapy Valrox (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), should it be approved, at $2 million to $3 million. That range would make Valrox the world’s most expensive one-time therapy. But, the company argues, this first gene therapy for any form of inherited hemophilia could…
Adults and children with severe hemophilia A who are receiving Nuwiq (recombinant human coagulation factor VIII) as their first replacement therapy have a similar risk of developing inhibitors as those treated with plasma-derived therapies containing von Willebrand factor, the final results of the NuProtect trial show.
ASC Therapeutics is partnering with Vigene Biosciences to support the manufacturing process of its current and future gene therapy clinical platforms — including its ongoing hemophilia A program. “We are proud to welcome Vigene, a global leader in gene therapy process development and GMP [Good Manufacturing…
Generation Bio said it received $110 million in funding to bring its innovative, non-viral gene therapy for lead programs hemophilia A and phenylketonuria into investigational new drug-enabling clinical trials. Gene therapy is an investigational treatment technique that uses genes or genetic material to treat or prevent…
A single infusion of AMT-061 (etranacogene dezaparvovec), uniQure’s experimental gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia B, led to increased and sustained activity of clotting factor IX (FIX), according to one-year data from a Phase 2b clinical trial. The therapy effectively prevented…
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals’ investigational gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec safely and significantly reduced bleeding events — including in target joints — and the use of prophylactic clotting factor VIII in adults with severe hemophilia A, data from a Phase 1/2 study show. These results, along with an interim analysis of…
Sangamo Therapeutics has handed over the development of SB-525, a gene therapy for hemophilia A, to Pfizer, which will now advance the therapy into Phase 3 clinical trials. Pfizer has already started recruiting participants for the lead-in Phase 3 trial (NCT03587116). which will support…
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Takeda has presented new real-world data to support the cost-effectiveness and persistent benefits to patients of its hemophilia A and B therapies: Adynovate [antihemophilic factor (recombinant), PEGylated] and Feiba (anti-inhibitor coagulant complex). The findings were discussed at the recent 61st American Society of Hematology…
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