Takeda Reports 52-Week Phase 3 Data Showing Rusfertide Maintains Hematocrit Control in Polycythemia Vera

Reuters12-06
Takeda Reports 52-Week Phase 3 Data Showing Rusfertide Maintains Hematocrit Control in Polycythemia Vera

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. announced that new 52-week results from the pivotal Phase 3 VERIFY study evaluating rusfertide in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) will be presented in an oral presentation at the 67th American Society of Hematology $(ASH)$ Annual Meeting and Exposition. The data indicate that 61.9% of patients continuously treated with rusfertide maintained absence of phlebotomy eligibility from baseline to Week 52, demonstrating durable hematocrit control. Rusfertide has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation, Orphan Drug Designation, and Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The companies plan to advance rusfertide towards regulatory approval.

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