Positive Ph III pediatric data for investigational hemophilia A drug Eloctate
US biotech firm Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (STO: SOBI) today released positive top-line results of the Kids A-LONG Phase III clinical study that evaluated the safety and efficacy of Eloctate, an investigational recombinant factor VIII Fc fusion protein product candidate, in children with severe hemophilia A.
Eloctate was generally well-tolerated and no inhibitors (neutralising antibodies that may interfere with the activity of the therapy) were detected. Efficacy analyses showed twice-weekly prophylactic dosing with Eloctate maintained low bleeding rates in children.
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