Hope for thousands with haemophilia in form of new injection

Hope for thousands with haemophilia in form of new injection A monthly injection could transform the life of haemophilia patients after it was found to significantly reduce bleeds.

Trials of the treatment, called fitusiran, found it stopped bleeds in up to two-thirds (66 per cent) of patients with haemophillia A or B.

Experts say the preventative treatment could soon improve patients’ daily lives by slashing the number of hospital trips. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Fitusiran prophylaxis in people with severe haemophilia A or haemophilia B without inhibitors (ATLAS-A/B): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial (abstract) The Lancet Haematology