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Octocog alfa, Plasma/Albumin-Free Method
A Viewpoint by Jørgen Ingerslev
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Ausgabe 18/2005
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Substitution therapy with a concentrate of coagulation factor VIII is the mainstay in the management of bleeding episodes in patients with classic congenital haemophilia A. In the manufacture of factor VIII, plasma from healthy donors was the major source of material until products derived from recombinant DNA technologies became available in the mid-1990s. Owing to the high incidence of transmission of health- and life-threatening human pathogens, such as HIV and hepatitis C virus, from plasma-derived products, the new recombinant factor VIII concentrates were seen as a major safety advantage for recipients. …