Considerable progress has been made over the last 50 years in treating and caring for people with hemophilia but more is needed, according a large-scale analysis of men with this disease in the U.S. The report concluded that continued surveillance to monitor and inform hemophilia interventions and patient outcomes is essential,…
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Inheritance patterns in hemophilia are a common discussion topic for many reasons. Among the reasons that people seek information about hemophilia inheritance is their desire to better understand if their future children might be at risk for inheriting the disorder. Not only do people express concern regarding their children, but…
I’ve always had a hard time coping with the fact that it’s quite difficult for me to find a decent source of income due to hemophilia and epilepsy. Although government and private institutions say that they are inclusive of persons with disabilities (PwDs), the reality is that discriminations against…
If approved for hemophilia A, the one-time gene therapy Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) would provide substantial cost savings per patient compared with other preventive treatments, specifically Hemlibra. That’s according to a draft evidence report issued by pricing watchdog the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). An independent non-profit…
For the first time, as part of a U.S. clinical trial, the cell therapy BE-101 has been administered to someone with hemophilia B. Be Biopharma, the company developing BE-101, announced the dosing of the first participant in a first-in-human Phase 1/2 clinical trial called BeCoMe-9 (NCT06611436). The…
When given as a prophylactic, or preventive therapy, or on an on-demand basis, FEIBA (factor eight inhibitor bypassing activity) was deemed safe and effective at lessening the number of bleeds in people with severe hemophilia and high levels of inhibitors. That’s according to four-year data from a real-world…
New preclinical data on one of Catalyst Biosciences’ lead candidate therapies — marzeptacog alfa activated (MarzAA), an engineered clotting Factor VIIa (FVIIa) given as an under-the-skin injection — support its potential to treat acute bleeds in people with hemophilia and its ability to be used safely in combination with Hemlibra…
Key findings from clinical trials of three recombinant coagulation factors as new hemophilia treatments, presented at last year’s Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH 2015), have been published in a supplemental issue of the journal Thrombosis Research. The results were presented in a session…
After a decade of living alongside my husband, Jared, and his severe hemophilia B, I’ve learned that not all bleeding is as straightforward as it may seem. Bleeds vary widely, not just in size but in severity and impact. What might look minor can be excruciating, while larger bleeds,…
Note: This story was updated Jan. 20, 2026, to correct data on the number of boys on preventive FIX replacement therapy at the time of the analysis. Using longer-acting factor IX (FIX) products — known as extended half-life (EHL) products, or EHL-FIX — safely reduced factor use and helped children…