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Results of Part 1 of the study will be presented at the 2013 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 July, 2013 KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring has dosed the first patient in Part 3 of its AFFINITY clinical trial program, which is now in phase III. AFFINITY is an open-label, non-randomized, multi-center study evaluating the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of its novel investigational recombinant...
CSL Behring initiates first "installment" of renewed 3-year commitment to WFH to donate coagulation factor to the WFH Global Alliance for Progress program KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to the global coagulation disorders community, CSL Behring will again donate factor product to the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) in connection with World Hemophilia Day this month. The medicine will be used in treating patients in...
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced the release of their new HemosIL AcuStar von Willebrand Factor (VWF) assay panel as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The CE IVD Mark allows IL to commence distribution of the product in the European Union and other international territories. The fully automated HemosIL AcuStar VWF assay panel, designed exclusively for use on...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings of a first-of-its-kind study of women with von Willebrand disease (VWD) show that current postpartum treatment strategies do not increase levels of von Willebrand factor (VWF) to normal range or even to the levels of women with milder, untreated VWD. VWF is a blood protein important for preventing postpartum hemorrhage. Results of this nationwide study are being presented at the World Federation of Hemophilia...
Strategic focus and robust portfolio of services continue to create record distribution trend for specialty biotech distributor BDI Pharma. Columbia, SC (PRWEB) June 21, 2012 BDI Pharma, Inc. (BDI), the nation’s fastest growing national distributor of biotech therapies, after finishing the previous calendar year with a record level of distribution in anti-hemophilic factor (AHF), announced today that through the first five (5) months of 2012, the company’s distribution is tracking...
BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced the release of the new HemosIL von Willebrand Factor Ristocetin Cofactor Activity (VWF: RCo) assay as a European CE IVD Mark product under the European Directive on in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. It will be commercialized in Europe and other international regions. This new, fully automated VWF: RCo assay is for use on the ACL TOP® Family of Hemostasis Testing Systems....
HOBOKEN, N.J., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis has published the results of the first prospective, head-to-head, randomized crossover clinical study to compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of two VWF/FVIII containing Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) products. The study compared the PK profiles of wilate® (Von Willebrand Factor/Factor VIII Concentrate, Human) and Humate-P® Human Plasma-derived Von Willebrand Factor (HP-VWF/FVIII) Concentrate. As...
The Bio Magazine Eurekamag.com publishes reviews on a wide range of topics within the biological sciences. The magazine publishes 1-4 such reviews every day and the latest inclusions cover the West Nile Virus and Von Willebrand Disease. (PRWEB) November 01, 2011 The Science Magazine EurekaMag.com covers a wide range of topics including biology, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, geography, environment and health. Drawing from this pool of scientific disciplines, it publishes reviews on...
HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Octapharma USA will be participating in several important medical meetings over the next few months, including AABB's 64th Annual Meeting in San Diego scheduled for October 22 - 25 and National Hemophilia Foundation's (NHF) 63rd Annual Meeting in Chicago on November 10 - 12. In December, Octapharma USA will also participate in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 46th Mid-Year Meeting in New Orleans scheduled for December 4 -...
HOBOKEN, N.J. and LACHEN, Switzerland, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Octapharma, one of the largest human protein products manufacturers in the world, has launched an international multi-center clinical study to investigate the efficacy and safety of wilate® (von Willebrand Factor/Factor VIII Concentrate, Human) in preventing excessive intra- and post-operative bleeding in pediatric and adult patients with Type 3 von Willebrand Disease (VWD) who undergo major surgical procedures. The...
