Novo Nordisk’s Refixia has come out on top in a head to head study assessing its effect in patients with the bleeding disorder haemophilia B against Swedish Orphan Biovitrum’s recombinant factor IX-Fc fusion protein (rFIXFc).
AstraZeneca’s Daxas is now likely to be routinely available on the NHS to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), after new evidence helped persuade cost regulators that the drug is value for money in this setting.