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ReviewInternational journal of hematology2020

Emicizumab, a humanized bispecific antibody to coagulation factors IXa and X with a factor VIIIa-cofactor activity.

Takehisa Kitazawa, Midori Shima

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Review in International journal of hematology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Discovery and development of a bispecific antibody for the treatment of hemophilia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Laboratory Challenges in the Era of Novel Haemophilia Therapies.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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  4. Non-Factor Therapies in Haemophilia: The Era of Factor VIII Mimetics and Targeted Rebalancing Agents.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2026
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  5. Factor VIIIResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2026
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  13. The Evolution of Hemophilia Therapeutics: An Illustrated Review.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2024
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  15. Emicizumab prophylaxis for people with hemophilia A: Waste estimation and the Brazilian perspective.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takehisa KitazawaResearch Division, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-135 Komakado, Gotemba, Shizuoka, 412-8513, Japan. kitazawatkh@chugai-pharm.co.jp.
Midori ShimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
Nara Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemophilia A is a congenital disorder caused by deficiency or malfunction of coagulation factor (F) VIII. While exogenously provided FVIII effectively reduces bleeding complications in many hemophilia A patients, multiple efforts are underway to develop new drugs to meet the needs that conventional FVIII agents do not. We have been long engaged in creating and clinically developing a humanized anti-FIXa/FX asymmetric bispecific IgG antibody with a FVIIIa-cofactor activity. Since this project was born from a creative and unique idea, our group recognized from the first that it would face many difficulties in the course of research including establishment of industrial manufacturability of an asymmetric bispecific IgG antibody. The group actually faced various challenges, but addressed all of them during about 10 years of research, and successfully created the potent humanized bispecific antibody, emicizumab. Emicizumab has showed clinical benefits in the human trials among which the first one was started in 2012, and has been currently approved in US, EU, Japan, and some other countries. It is now expected to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. In this article, we review the course of the research and clinical development of emicizumab, and describe its molecular characteristics.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBlood CoagulationFactor IXaFactor VIIIFactor VIIIaFactor XHemophilia AHumansProtein EngineeringAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedemicizumabFactor IXaFactor VIIIFactor VIIIaFactor XBispecific antibodyEmicizumabFactor VIIIHemophilia A

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PMID30350119
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