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Featured Story: CMS decides against allowing Medicare plans to limit coverage of 鈥減rotected class鈥 drugs. This past month brought some welcome news from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. On May 16, CMS released a final rule on drug pricing in the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs. In that final rule, […]
Note: The following is an edited version of a press release from Octapharma USA.聽Read the press release from Octapharma USA聽in it鈥檚 entirety here. Octapharma USA today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new product strengths for NUWIQ. The agency approved new single dose NUWIQ聽vial strengths of 2500, 3000 and 4000 International […]
______________________________________________________________________________ Note: The following is edited from a聽press release from Octapharma. Read the full press release in it鈥檚 entirety聽here. At the recent American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Octapharma presented interim data from the ongoing phase 3 study,聽NuProtect. The NuProtect Study examines the immunogenicity, efficacy and safety of treatment with human cell-line derived recombinant […]
Bayer has announced a voluntary recall of additional聽lots of Kogenate聽FS with vial adapter. This is an update to the recall that was issued on July 25, 2016.聽All lot numbers affected by the July 25, 2016 recall and August 10, 2016 extension are: Product Lot Number Expiration Date Kogenate FS 250 IU Vial Adapter 270RV8X 12/19/2017 […]
CSL Behring has announced a voluntary recall of additional聽lots of Helixate FS with vial adapter. This is an update to the recall that was issued on July 25, 2016.聽All lot numbers affected by the July 25, 2016 recall and August 10, 2016 extension are: Product Lot Number Expiration Date Helixate FS 250 IU 270P892 09/15/2016 […]
Dear Addy, Last year, my friend with hemophilia started working for a specialty pharmacy. Since then, he鈥檚 been pressuring me to switch from my current pharmacy to his. Initially, he was polite and nice, taking me to lunch and then dinner to ask for my business. Each time, I told him I am content with […]
Micah will be 14 years old in just a couple of months. He has severe hemophilia A, no inhibitors, and has been on prophylaxis since he was just over a year and a half old. So, for roughly twelve years, he has been on a very strict prophylaxis schedule dosing three or four times a […]
This is an edited version of a press release from Biogen Idec. To read the full release, please聽click here. ____________________ Biogen Idec聽 and聽Swedish Orphan Biovitrum聽AB announced positive top-line results of the Kids B-LONG Phase 3 clinical study that evaluated the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of ALPROLIX庐聽[Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant), Fc Fusion Protein] in children under […]
Baxter International Inc. presented additional efficacy and safety data from the Phase III pivotal study of BAX 855, an investigational, extended half-life recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) treatment for hemophilia A based on ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant)] at the 8th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD) in Helsinki, Finland. The […]
Biogen Idec and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB announced their intent to produce one billion international units (IUs) of clotting factor therapy for humanitarian aid programs in the developing world at the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) 2014 World Congress. Initially, the companies have committed to donating up to 500 million IUs to the World Federation […]
CSL Limited (ASX:CSL), parent company of CSL Behring which is based in King of Prussia, PA, today opened the CSL Behring Biotechnology Manufacturing Facility in Melbourne, Australia. The new facility, located adjacent to the site鈥檚 manufacturing plant for plasma products, is the centerpiece of CSL鈥檚 $250 million expansion at its Broadmeadows site and will play […]
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