Besremi was approved recently to treat a rare blood disease.
PharmaEssentia has chosen Onco360 to be a specialty pharmacy partner for Besremi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft). The FDA recently approved the therapy as a treatment for adult patients with polycythemia vera. This is the first interferon approved to treat a disease that causes the overproduction of red blood cells.
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“We are committed to supporting the highly specialized needs of polycythemia vera patients and their physicians across the United States,” Benito Fernandez, chief commercial officer, Onco360, said in a statement.
Polycythemia vera results from abnormal red blood cell proliferation due to genetic mutations involving the Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) gene. Due to over-production of red blood cells, patients with polycythemia vera have blood which is thicker than normal, potentially resulting in increased risks for thrombosis and reduction in blood flow.
Besremi is a long-acting drug that patients take by injection under the skin once every two weeks.
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