- Taking a GLP-1 Medication? Here’s Tips to Holiday Eating
- Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans
- Flu, COVID Vaccination Rates Remain Low as Winter Nears
- ’10 Americas:’ Health Disparities Mean Life Expectancy Varies Across U.S.
- Short-Term Hormone Therapy for Menopause Won’t Harm Women’s Brains
- Could a Vitamin Be Effective Treatment for COPD?
- Woman Receives World’s First Robotic Double-Lung Transplant
- Flavored Vapes Behind Big Surge in U.S. E-Cigarette Sales
- Reading Beyond Headline Rare For Most on Social Media, Study Finds
- Meds Like Ozempic Are Causing Folks to Waste More Food
New Treatment Approved for Rare Form of Hemophilia
Obizur (antihemophilic factor recombinant) has been approved to treat a rare, non-inherited form of hemophilia in adults.
Unlike the more common form of hemophilia that’s inherited and affects males, acquired hemophilia affects both males and females. The rarer form of the blood disorder occurs when the body’s immune system attacks a protein that’s necessary for normal blood clotting.
About half the cases of acquired hemophilia are related to other medical conditions, such as pregnancy, cancer or use of certain medications. But about half of cases have no known cause, the FDA said Friday in a news release.
Obizur was evaluated in clinical studies involving 29 adults with acquired hemophilia, who were given Obizur to treat a serious bleeding episode. The trial didn’t identify any safety concerns, the FDA said.
Obizur is manufactured by Baxter Healthcare, based in Westlake Village, Calif.
More information
Visit the FDA to learn more.
Source: HealthDay
Copyright © 2024 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
Related
-
Short-Term Hormone Therapy for Menopause Won’t Harm Women’s BrainsFour years of hormone replacement therapy to help women...
- November 22, 2024
-
Fibroids, Endometriosis Linked to Shorter Life SpansTwo conditions common during women’s childbearing years may increase...
- November 22, 2024
-
-120x134.jpg)
More Hot Flashes Could Mean Higher Odds for Type 2 DiabetesMenopausal women with frequent hot flashes and night sweats...
- November 4, 2024
-
Late-Life Menopause Linked to Higher Asthma RiskWomen who enter menopause at a later age have...
- October 30, 2024
