Preventive treatment with Altuviiio (efanesoctocog alfa) provided better bleed prevention than Hemlibra (emicizumab) in adults and adolescents with hemophilia A, according to an indirect comparison of Phase 3 clinical trial data. “While it should be borne in mind that this is an indirect comparison and, as such,…

Pfizer’s Hympavzi (marstacimab) has been approved in the European Union (EU) to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adults and children, ages 12 and older, with severe hemophilia A or hemophilia B who weigh at least 35 kg (77 pounds) and haven’t developed neutralizing…

Centessa Pharmaceuticals is discontinuing the clinical development of SerpinPC, its experimental under-the-skin therapy for people with hemophilia A and hemophilia B with or without inhibitors. The therapy was being evaluated in several Phase 2 clinical trials. The decision follows the recent approval of Pfizer’s Hympavzi…

Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq) may be available by prescription in the U.S. before the end of the year. The therapy was approved this month as a routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adults and children, ages 12 and older, with hemophilia A or…

The Spanish Interministerial Commission on the Pricing of Medicines, known as CIPM, has issued a positive recommendation for national reimbursement of Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) for eligible people with hemophilia B, according to CSL Behring, the company that markets the gene therapy. The recommendation means that patients in Spain should…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s marstacimab under the brand name Hympavzi for use as a routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adults and children, ages 12 and older, with hemophilia A or B without inhibitors. With…

I met Jennifer Hastie last year at the Hemophilia Federation of America’s Mild Matters Summit in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Along with two of her three daughters, Jennifer has von Willebrand disease (VWD) type 2B, a rare variant. We share more than just a name: Jennifer is also 58…

TU7710, an experimental treatment for managing bleeds in people with hemophilia who have inhibitors, demonstrated an average half-life that ranged from 10.4 to 16.6 hours across different doses in a Phase 1a study with healthy volunteers. This extended half-life, that is, the time it takes for a medication’s levels…

Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) is now offering the gene therapies Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) to people with hemophilia B and SPK-8011 (dirloctocogene samoparvovec), an experimental treatment for hemophilia A. LLUH’s Center of Excellence Hemophilia Program is structured to ensure that financial constraints don’t prevent access to the therapy,…

The efficacy and safety profiles of preventive treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab-KXWH) are not affected by age or the presence of some simultaneous health conditions, that is, comorbidities, in older people with hemophilia A. The findings are the result of a post hoc analysis of pooled data from Phase…