Emicizumab is a humanized recombinant monoclonal antibody that mimics the function of the coagulation Factor VIII and it has the capacity to bind simultaneously to activated Factor IX and Factor X. The ability of Emicizumab to bind to all these three different factors allows it to overcome immunogenicity and unstable hemostatic efficacy produced by previous Factor VII agents. Emicizumab was originated as an improved form of hBS23 and it was approved on November 16, 2017. It was created by Chugai Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. and co-developed with Roche and Genentech.
The main function of Emicizumab is the prevention of bleeding episodes. Thus, Emicizumab is approved for the routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes of adult and pediatric patients with hemophilia A with or without Factor VIII inhibitors.
Hemophilia A is a deficiency of coagulation Factor VIII which causes a serious bleeding disorder. The standard treatment is done with the administration of recombinant or serum-deriver Factor VIII which induces the formation of anti-factor VIII alloantibodies (Factor VIII inhibitors) and renders the standard treatment ineffective.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
UCSD Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center, San Diego, California, United States
CHU de Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire
Connecticut Children's Hemophilia Treatment Center - Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Yale Hemophilia Treatment Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Hemophilia Center - Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Policlinico Univ. A. Gemelli, Roma, Lazio, Italy
AOU Careggi, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), La Coruna, Spain
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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