Abstract:Background:Prophylactic treatment with standard half-life coagulation factors (SHL) requires 3-4 weekly periodic infusions. Extended half-life (EHL) factor VIII (FVIII) provides improvements in half-life (t1/2) and area under the curve (AUC) of 1.3 and 1.25 times compared to standard half-life (SHL) products. Rurioctocog alfa pegol is an extended half-life (EHL) rFVIII (rFVIII-EHL) treatment that could be a more convenient and cost-effective therapeutic alternative than SHL, since it would reduce the number of… Show more
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