Dogs, and other animals can suffer
from haemophilia too.
Not exact matches
In the same year that Novo Nordisk launched its concizumab trial, Baxter struck a deal to purchase a suite of
haemophilia - related assets
from the former therapeutics company Archemix.
Men inherit one X and one Y chromosome (which encodes the gene for maleness), so they are more likely to express recessive traits
from the X, such as colour blindness and
haemophilia.
Although its launch in Britain last week could give them access to uncontaminated and potentially limitless supplies, the 95
haemophilia treatment centres may not be able to afford the new drug, which costs 52p per unit, compared with 20 to 45p for factor 8 extracted
from human blood.
Pills made
from lettuce leaves could help to prevent one of the most serious complications of
haemophilia treatment
Replacing the clotting ability lacking in
haemophilia has been the treatment since the 1840s, when attempts were made to treat people with the disease by transfusion with whole blood
from people with normal clotting.
The results
from the first human trials for a gene therapy to treat
haemophilia A have just been published.
They can also suffer
from a disease called Von Willebrand's Disease, which is similar to
haemophilia in humans.