Gene therapy for hemophilia B allowed almost three-fourths of patients to discontinue prophylactic factor IX therapy with no increase in bleeding, results of the pivotal BENEGENE-2 trial showed. The ...

A single infusion of verbrinacogene setparvovec resulted in normal factor IX levels among all 10 men who received the investigational gene therapy for moderate to severe hemophilia B, study results ...

Fidanacogene elaparvovec, an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene-therapy vector for hemophilia B containing a high-activity human factor IX variant (FIX-R338L/FIX-Padua), was associated with sustained ...

A long-acting coagulation factor treatment of patients with hemophilia B is safe and effective for preventing bleeding events, according to an article published online December 4 and in the December ...

Treatment with fidanacogene elaparvovec, a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector developed for the treatment of hemophilia B, led to sustained expression of the high-activity factor IX ...

Different types of assays led to different results in measures of factor IX variant FIX-R338L, the authors found. A new field study could help clinicians better interpret laboratory measurements of ...

Approved just three weeks ago to treat hemophilia B, CSL Behring and uniQure’s gene therapy Hemgenix carries the highest price tag ever for a drug at $3.5 million. Now it is up to CSL to prove that ...

There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

The indications, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic guidelines for available coagulation products are reviewed. Patients with hemophilia, von Wille-brand's disease (VWD), or acquired inhibitors to ...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has received US approval for a gene therapy against a form of hemophilia, a rare and inherited blood clotting disorder, the company said Friday. Science X Daily and the ...