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Roche haemophilia therapy cuts bleed rate by 87%

pharmafile | June 26, 2017 | News story | Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, haemophilia 

Roche has revealed new data on its investigational haemophilia therapy ACE910 (emicizumab) which shows an 87% reduction in bleed rate among patients who had become resistant to conventional treatment.

Resistance to treatment can disrupt attempts to control bleeding as a result of haemophilia, a disorder which prevents the blood for clotting as it should. The results of Roche’s late-stage trial showed that no treated bleeds were experienced by 62.9% of those using the drug, compared to 5.6% in patients treated with bypassing agents.

With this data, the company is hoping the treatment can fight off Novo Nordisk and Shire for a share of the haemophilia market – a space worth $11 billion per year. Analysts are valuing Roche’s new drug at $5 billion on the back of the new data.

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However, the results also showed that repeated high doses of bypassing agents as a treatment for breakthrough bleeds led to adverse events including microangiopathy – the trial was even marked by the death of one patient – Roche said this was due to the participant refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds.

Despite this, Roche plans to file for US regulatory approval later this year.

Matt Fellows

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