Hemophilia A and B Therapeutics | Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Market 2022 | Asia-Pacific
Hemophilia is a rare disease affecting more than 400,000 people worldwide. Hemophilia A is four to six times as common as hemophilia B, and more than half of hemophilia A patients have a severe form of hemophilia. The mainstay of treatment for hemophilia is to replace the missing factor VIII or factor IX, produced using plasma-derived or recombinant methods. Some patients develop inhibitors to factor VIII or factor IX treatment and need a bypassing agent, such as factor VIIa, to resolve bleeds. Patients with hemophilia A or B often require lifelong treatment to prevent and control bleeding episodes, and they therefore represent a strong market opportunity. The current marketed products landscape comprises replacement factor therapies, including recombinant therapies and new long-acting recombinant products. The pipeline shows strong promise, and highlights a gradual shift from short-acting recombinant factor VIII or factor IX to long-acting recombinant factor VIII, and from fact