Novo Nodisk's CSO says FDA approval of extended half-life Factor VIII Esperoct treatment for people with hemophilia A will give more choice to those patients and "effectively completes" the Danish group's hitherto R&D efforts based on clotting factor deficiencies.
With earlier than expected FDA approval now in – and European passage expected soon for Novo Nordisk AS's long-acting Factor VIII replacement therapy Esperoct (turoctocog alfa pegol), the Danish company has brought its R&D programs based on clotting factor deficiencies to a "successful result", says chief science officer Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen.
But Novo Nordisk will not be able to launch the product in the US before 2020, due to third-party intellectual...
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