CSL Behring Treats First Hemophilia B Patients in Europe | Mirage News
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CSL Behring Treats First Hemophilia B Patients in Europe | Mirage News

Technology tamfitronics MARBURG, Germany, July 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global biotechnology leader CSL Behring (ASX: CSL) today announced that two hemophilia B patients were treated with the gene therapy HEMGENIX® (etranacogene dezaparvovec) at Hemophilia Treatment Centers in France. This milestone achievement makes HEMGENIX® the first gene therapy administered as a treatment in a real-world setting for hemophilia B in Europe.HEMGENIX® is the first one-time gene therapy approved in Europe for the treatment of adults with severe and moderately severe hemophilia B, an inherited bleeding disorder caused by the lack of Factor IX (a protein needed to produce blood clots to stop bleeding). It is used in adults without a history of Factor IX inhibitors.1Following European Commission approval, HEMGENIX® was the first ever therapy to be granted Direct Access in France2thus enabling the first patients...
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