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A recent article appearing in the journal Haemophilia, includes updates on the My Life Our Future (MLOF) project, which was established in 2012 to offer U.S. hemophilia patients ready access to free genotyping, a type of genetic testing that is often hard to access, expensive and not covered by insurance. MLOF is a partnership between the American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network (ATHN), the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), Bloodworks Northwest and Bioverativ (formerly Biogen).

Medscape has launched the latest educational activity in their “Clinical Advances in Gene Therapy for Hemophilia” series, which is presented through a collaboration between Medscape, the National Hemophilia Foundation, the European Haemophilia Consortium and the World Federation of Hemophilia. The program is supported by an independent educational grant from BioMarin.

The goal of this effort is to create and maintain state-of-the-art guidelines on the diagnosis and management of VWD.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. recently released an update relevant to an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial for CB 2679d/ISU304, the company’s investigational therapy for the treatment of patients with severe hemophilia B/factor IX (FIX) deficiency. Catalyst develops its therapies using engineered proteases, enzymes that increase the rate of chemical reactions within cells. These proteases can target the proteins associated with certain underlying diseases and conditions, such as FIX.