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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Haemophilia. 2008 Aug 6;15(1):63–72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2008.01826.x

Table 1.

Potency and specific activity of FVIII in pharmacologic products

Product/lot Potencya
U/ml
FVIII conc.b
nM
APTTc FXasec


Potency
U/ml
Specific activityd
U/mg
Potency
U/ml
Specific activityd
U/mg
rFVIII standard 3,100 2,175 3,100 5,000 3,100 5,000
Product A (contains full-length rFVIII)
 2938A540AC 200 88 190 7,600 192 7,700
 2938C509AB 200 76 190 8,700 186 8,600
 2938C828AA 200 86 200 8,200 200 8,200
  Average: 200 83 193 8,200±500 193 8,200±400
Product B (contains full-length rFVIII)
 BXNOL9P 100 30 75 8,800 98 11,500
 BXNOL7G 200 180 200 3,900 208 4,100
 GAWSF1 400 230 460 7,000 388 5,900
  Average: 230 150 245 6,600±2,000 231 7,200±3,200
Product C (contains plasma FVIII)
 2935B054EA 200 105 200 6,600 136 4,500
 2935B044EA 200 80 170 7,500 128 5,600
 2935Y004EB 200 85 160 6,600 128 5,300
  Average: 200 90 180 6,900±400 131 5,100±500
Product D (contains plasma FVIII)
 09H3901I 100 106 140 4,600 96 3,200
 09H3702K 100 100 115 4,000 104 3,600
 09H4401K 100 103 140 4,800 96 3,300
  Average: 100 103 132 4,500±300 99 3,400±200
Product E (contains truncated rFVIII)
 77269 200 95 160 9,600 192 11,900
 80431 200 85 170 11,400 202 14,000
 80354 200 89 166 10,600 200 13,200
  Average: 200 90 165 10,500±700 198 13,000±900
a

Provided by manufacturers;

b

Determined by ELISA;

c

Determined in the current study;

d

Calculated using MW of 285 kDa for rFVIII standard and products A-D and 170 kDa for product E.