With the holiday season in full swing, it’s the perfect opportunity to take a look back at 2017. It’s been a year full of ups and downs, and while there were definitely quite a few low moments, there were certainly quite a few highs. To celebrate the year that was,…
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Hemophilia A is a rare genetic disorder that affects the blood’s ability to clot properly. It is the most common form of hemophilia, responsible for 80% of all cases.
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Explaining Hemophilia A and B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_YMGmHqIW4 This video from Claire Blatt shares a lecture about the effects of two blood-clotting disorders: hemophilia A and hemophilia B. MORE: A study shows that NovoSeven counters bleeding in children with hemophilia. Though the lecture is aimed at nurses, it’s helpful for anyone looking to learn about these…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTIVORH7anc This video from Wochit News is all about a new treatment for severe hemophilia A. The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, California, has developed a breakthrough treatment that can reduce the bleeding episodes in people living with hemophilia A by up to 90 percent. MORE: Emicizumab shows…
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…
My Life, Our Future (MLOF), a national program founded by leaders in the hemophilia and blood disorder community, marked Feb. 28 — Rare Disease Day — by launching the world’s largest research repository of its kind to researchers and scholars. The program is opening to U.S. scientists and will expand to worldwide scientists in 2018.
Clinical trials of Hemlibra (emicizumab-kxwh) continue to show significant reductions in bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia A with inhibitors, Genentech recently announced. Data from Hemlibra’s clinical development program were presented at the 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. The results show that in hemophilia A patients with inhibitors…
Hemlibra (emicizumab) is safe and effective to treat children younger than 12 who have hemophilia type A and are negative for antibodies against synthetic factor VIII, results from a Japanese clinical study show. The trial findings were reported in the study, “A multicentre, open‐label study of emicizumab given…
Bayer has filled a Biologics License Application (BLA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting marketing approval for its long-acting human Factor VIII therapy, BAY94-9027, to treat hemophilia A. The therapy is designed to allow for dosing at intervals as long as once every seven days. The…