Protagonist Therapeutics’ drug rusfertide reduced the need for phlebotomies as a way to treat the rare blood cancer polycythemia vera. Longer-term Phase 3 data for the Takeda Pharmaceutical-partnered peptide drug were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
Protagonist Therapeutics' rusfertide could have preliminary data next year from its Phase 3 test in polycythemia vera. If the peptide drug wins FDA approval in this rare blood disorder, the partners will share in U.S. commercialization while Takeda is responsible for the drug in the rest of the world.
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Polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer characterized by the overproduction of red blood cells, now has its first FDA-approved drug treatment. The agency awarded the regulatory nod to a PharmaEssentia drug that reduces the levels of those blood cells.