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. 2017 Feb 23;8(5):462–470. doi: 10.1080/21655979.2017.1279767

Table 1.

Recombinant coagulation factor VIII products approved for Hemophilia A treatment.

Product Company Generation Cell line Main characteristics Approval year
Recombinate® Genetics Insitute/Baxter 1 CHO Full‐length 1992, FDA
(also market as Bioclate® by Aventis Behring) (Currently Shire-Baxalta)     mAb (murine hybridome) –affinity chromatography  
        Human albumin as stabilizer  
        t1/2=14.6h  
Kogenate® Bayer 1 BHK Full-length 1993, FDA
(also market as Helixate® by Aventis-Behring)       mAb (murine hybridome) - affinity chromatography  
        Human albumin as stabilizer  
        t1/2=12h  
Refacto® Wyeth 2 CHO B-domain deleted 1998, EMA
        mAb (murine hybridome) - affinity chromatography 2000, FDA
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=14.8h  
Kogenate® FS Bayer 2 BHK Full-length 2000, FDA
(also market as Helixate® FS by Aventis-Behring)       mAb (murine hybridome) - affinity chromatography  
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=12h  
Advate® Baxter 3 CHO Full-length 2004, EMA
        mAb (murine hybridome)-based affinity chromatography 2007, FDA
        Trehalose and mannitol as stabilizer  
        t1/2=13h  
Refacto® AF Pfizer 3 CHO B-domain deleted 2008, FDA
(also market as Xyntha outside EU)       polypeptide ligand-based affinity chromatography  
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=11-12h  
Novoeight® Novo Nordisk 3 CHO B-domain truncated 2013, EMA
        mAb -based affinity chromatography  
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=11-12h  
Adynovate® Shire-Baxalta 3 CHO Full-length, Pegylated 2015, FDA
        mAb-based affinity chromatography  
        Trehalose and mannitol as stabilizer  
        t1/2=13.4-14.7h  
Afstyla® CSL Behring 3 CHO B-domain truncated single chain protein 2016, FDA
        mAb-based affinity chromatography  
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=14.2-14.3h  
Eloctate® Biogen Idec 4 Hek-293 B-deleted FVIII-Fc fusion protein (IgG1) 2014, FDA
        Recombinant protein (produced in S. cerevisiae)-based affinity chromatography  
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=19h  
Nuwiq® Octapharma AG 4 Hek-293 B-domain deleted 2014, EMA
        Recombinant Ab fragment (produced in S. cerevisiae)-based affinity chromatography 2015, FDA
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=15h  
Kovaltry® Bayer 3 BHK expressing HSP 70 Full-lengthpeptide ligand-based affinity chromatography 2016, FDA
        Sucrose as stabilizer  
        t1/2=13-14h  

Abbreviations: CHO – Chinese Hamster Ovary cells; BHK – Baby Hamster Kidney cells; Hek-293; Human Embryonic Kidney cells; HSP 70 – heat shock protein 70.