Phase III data shows efficacy of CSL Behring's Afstyla in pediatric hemophilia A

28 July 2016

CSL Behring has presented positive Phase III data on Afstyla (antihemophilic factor (recombinant), single chain) in hemophilia A patients aged less than 12 years of age.

The company, which is a subsidiary of Australian blood plasma and vaccines specialist CSL Limited (ASX: CSL), presented the results at the World Federation of Hemophilia 2016 World Congress.

They showed that Afstyla, used prophylactically across different treatment intervals, including two to three times weekly, achieved low annualized spontaneous bleeding rates and low annualized bleeding rates in previously treated children and adolescents with hemophilia A.

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