US FDA approves Pfizer's drug for rare bleeding disorder
Adds analyst estimates in paragraph 6, trial details in paragraph 8, and other treatments in paragraph 5, 10 and 11
By Sruthi Narasimha Chari and Christy Santhosh
Oct 11 (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's PFE.N once-a-week injection for the two main types of a rare bleeding disorder called hemophilia, the company said on Friday.
The drug, Hympavzi, is given under the skin through an auto-injector pen to prevent or reduce bleeding episodes in hemophilia A or B patients aged 12 years and older.
The disorder primarily affects men and causes spontaneous and potentially severe bleeding after injuries or surgery. It impacts an estimated 33,000 men in the United States, according to government data.
Hympavzi is Pfizer's second hemophilia treatment to receive FDA approval this year after the agency greenlit its hemophilia B gene therapy Beqvez in April.
Other existing treatments include gene therapies such as those made by Australia's CSL CSL.AX and BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMRN.O.
Analysts expect sales of Hympavzi to reach $300 million by 2030, according to estimates compiled by LSEG.
"Hympavzi aims to reduce the current treatment burden by meeting an important need for these patients, including many who have required frequent, time-consuming intravenous treatment infusion regimens," said Suchitra Acharya, director of the bleeding disorders program at Cohen Children's Medical Center.
The approval was based on a late-stage study in 116 hemophilia A or B patients, where the drug showed superiority to standard-of-care treatment with a 92% reduction in bleeding episodes after 12 months.
The drug is approved for patients without antibodies that stop the production of the blood-clotting proteins called factor VIII or factor IX.
Other experimental hemophilia drugs include fitusiran by partners Sanofi SASY.PA and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals ALNY.O, and Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO concizumab.
Pfizer is also developing a gene therapy with Sangamo Therapeutics SGMO.O for the treatment of hemophilia A.
Reporting by Sruthi Narasimha Chari and Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore
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