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Takeda Expands Hemophilia Play In India But Hemlibra Has Made Inroads

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Takeda dips into the ex-Shire portfolio to debut Adynovate in India, where a large number of hemophilia patients remain undiagnosed. The extended half-life recombinant Factor VIII treatment, though, will need to take on competitors like Roche’s blockbuster, Hemlibra, which has seen rapid adoption in reimbursement ecosystems where it is included in the formulary

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Takeda Continues Measured Step Up In India • Source: Shutterstock

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. continues to build its rare diseases portfolio brick by brick in India drawing on the ex-Shire PLC range of therapies, the latest introduction being Adynovate [antihemophilic factor (recombinant), PEGylated] for hemophilia A patients.

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