The FDA approved Pfizer’s Hympavzi, which can be an alternative to intravenous infusions often administered multiple times a week.

Six months after scoring FDA approval for hemophilia B gene therapy Beqvez, Pf | For the second time in six months, the FDA approved a Pfizer treatment for hemophilia. On Friday the U.S. regulator signed off on Hympavzi,

The monoclonal antibody is the first non-factor, once-weekly treatment approved in the United States for hemophilia B.

Patients suffering from hemophilia received a "meaningful" advancement on Friday when federal regulators approved the first once-weekly treatment for the disease.

The new drug would allow patients to produce the needed clotting protein for an extended period, reducing the need for constant intravenous infusions or injections, which are painful as well as inconvenient.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's 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.

A new drug for treating a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been given the go-ahead by the Food and Drug Administration. On Friday, the FDA approved Pfizer’s etrasimod, branded as Velsipity,