Hemophilia B patients living in urban mainland China have longer hospitalizations and significantly higher medical costs — including more expensive fees for coagulation factors concentrates — compared with patients with hemophilia A, a retrospective study shows. In fact, people with hemophilia B had inpatient medical costs more than…

Maintaining high concentrations of Adynovate in the blood of hemophilia A patients decreases the number of bleedings and enables more patients to stop having bleeds, according to the first results of a Phase 3b/4 study by Takeda.

Physical activities with a high risk of a collision are linked with a greater risk of bleeding in people with moderately severe hemophilia A, a six-month U.S. study reports. This risk was higher for people using on-demand versus preventive replacement factor VIII (FVIII) therapies, the researchers found, and they suggested…

Kovaltry (octocog alfa) is effective and safe as a preventive treatment for children with hemophilia A, a European real-world study reports. The study, “Real-world evidence on Kovaltry (81-8973) in children with moderate or severe hemophilia A in Europe: a…

Severe hemophilia A patients using Esperoct (turoctocog alfa pegol) as a preventive treatment do well, with fewer bleeds or breakthrough bleeds, lower costs, and better life quality compared with other extended half-life (EHL) therapies, a modeling analysis suggested. The…

Intensive treatment with factor VIII, the clotting protein missing or defective in patients with hemophilia A, is associated with a greater risk of inhibitor development among patients with non-severe disease, a study has found. The findings highlight the importance of closely monitoring these patients in order to prevent or…

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…

A new type of gene therapy that uses RNA instead of DNA led to rapid and prolonged production of therapeutic levels of factor VIII (FVIII) in a mouse model of hemophilia A, a study reported. The study, “Treatment of…

Adults with mild and moderate hemophilia A have a substantial number of bleeds per year as well as joint problems and surgeries, revealing an unmet medical need in these patients, according to an interim analysis of the CHESS II study. The findings were shared at…

Voncento — a highly concentrated mixture of Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and clotting factor VIII (FVIII) — was seen to safely and effectively treat or prevent bleeds in children, age 12 and younger, with severe hemophilia A, according to data from a Phase 3 trial. Findings were reported in the…