Hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization that assists, educates, and advocates for the bleeding disorders community.
The following is excerpted from an FDA news release. To read the release in its entirety, click聽here. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning about the risk that some of the new direct-acting antiviral medicines for hepatitis C (HCV) can reactivate the hepatitis B virus (HBV) among patients who have had HBV. 鈥淚n a […]
HFA is proud to be part of the Patients for Biologics Safety & Access (PBSA). PBSA is a coalition of 24 patient advocacy organizations dedicated to protecting patient access to safe and effective biologics. Together, this coalition represents millions of Americans who suffer from serious, life-threatening diseases that are difficult to diagnose and treat. As […]
Note: The following is an edited version of a press release originally published by聽Baxalta. The original release can be read here. Baxalta Incorporated announced on Monday, November 16, 2015, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ADYNOVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), PEGylated], an extended circulating half-life recombinant Factor VIII (rFVIII) treatment for hemophilia […]
Note: The following is an edited version of a press release originally published by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The original release can be read here. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, the approval of 聽Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until […]
CSL Behring聽announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review its Biologics License Application (BLA) for the marketing authorization of its long-acting fusion protein linking recombinant coagulation factor IX with recombinant albumin (rIX-FP). Upon FDA approval, rIX-FP will provide hemophilia B patients with a long-acting treatment option with dosing intervals up […]
Today, Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set forth a recommendation to change the current MSM blood donation policy. The current policy, set forth in the height of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, forbade men who have had sex with men since 1977 from donating blood. The new policy […]
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