Hemophilia and mental health
Hemophilia, with its potential for spontaneous bleeding episodes and the need for regular medical interventions, can have a significant effect on the mental well-being of people living with this bleeding disorder.
Hemophilia, with its potential for spontaneous bleeding episodes and the need for regular medical interventions, can have a significant effect on the mental well-being of people living with this bleeding disorder.
NovoSeven (eptacog alfa [activated]) is a bypassing agent that’s approved to treat bleeding episodes, including those occurring during surgery, in adults and children with hemophilia A or B who have developed inhibitors — neutralizing antibodies against certain clotting factors.
Xyntha (moroctocog alfa) is a recombinant, or man-made, clotting factor replacement therapy approved to prevent and treat bleeds, including those occurring during surgery, in people with hemophilia A.
Sevenfact (eptacog beta) is a bypassing agent that’s approved to treat bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia A or hemophilia B who developed inhibitors, or neutralizing antibodies, against clotting factor VIII (FVIII) or factor IX (FIX).
Eloctate (efmoroctocog alfa) is an extended half-life therapy that's approved to prevent and treat bleeds, including those occurring during surgery, in adults and children with hemophilia A.
While hemophilia A and hemophilia B are both bleeding disorders characterized by deficiencies in blood clotting factors, there are differences in one type versus the other, particularly in the specific genetic mutations that cause the disease, and in some of the treatment methods.
BeneFIX (nonacog alfa) is a recombinant, or man-made, clotting factor therapy approved to prevent and treat bleeding episodes, including those occurring during surgery, in adults and children with hemophilia B.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to Sernova’s experimental and cell-based hemophilia A treatment program using the Cell Pouch System, the company’s novel medical device. Orphan drug status is awarded to therapies aiming to treat…
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