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Roche Gets UK Early Access OK For New Hemophilia Drug

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The UK regulator is allowing patients to be treated with Roche’s as yet unlicensed hemophilia drug, emicizumab, under the country’s early access scheme. Hemlibra is already approved in the US and is in the final stages of review in the EU, where it is undergoing accelerated assessment.

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UK All Clear For Roche's Hemophilia Drug Emicizumab Under Early Access Scheme • Source: Shutterstock

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is allowing Roche to make its promising new but as yet unlicensed hemophilia drug, Hemlibra (emicizumab), available to patients under the early access to medicines scheme (EAMS).

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