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Roche's Hemlibra Priced And Labeled To Beat Competition, Safety Concern

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Genentech/Roche's Hemlibra, now FDA-approved for hemophilia A patients with inhibitors, offers a once-weekly injection, impressive efficacy with a safety concern that appears to be manageable, and a price that's at least half the cost of the established prophylaxis regimen.

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Roche's Genentech Inc. won US FDA approval on Nov. 16 for its once-weekly injection Hemlibra as a prophylactic treatment for adult and pediatric patients who have hemophilia A with inhibitors, which could free patients from multiple weekly infusions.

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