ICC ruled in favor of AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG in arbitration proceedings pertaining to BESREMi®

[Manouche]

«We are relieved that the ICC ruling compensates AOP Orphan now for the delay in getting BESREMi® approved in the European Union, and the delay in bringing this important medication to the patients suffering from polycythaemia vera, a rare and chronic disease of the blood building cells", explains Dr. Rudolf Widmann, Chief Therapeutics Officer, Member of the Board and founder of AOP Orphan »

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[Mazcd Partner MPNVoice]

important to note that drug BESREMI is approved in the EU. MPN voice has no specific additional comment

[Meatloaf9]

Wondering if anybody on this forum is taking Besremi? Is it an affordable drug?

[Hidden in reply to Meatloaf9]

Besremi appears to have replaced Peg here in Germany. And is widely used

[Manouche in reply to Hidden]

Hi Dovme,

Are you sure it’s widely used in Germany ? I’ve read that only 4% of PV patients get interferon in this country . I wonder how many of these 4 % get Besremi .

[Hidden in reply to Manouche]

Hi Manouche

I joined a German MPN forum- Just adding that my German is not great. The forum is set up a little differently to this one . It tends to be organized under headings. Mine is ET so most people are on HU. The PV sub group has many on Basremi there is also a medication subgroup ( members list there meds on all postings) some appear to have been on besremi since late 2019. From my understanding It appears the switch to besremi was happening from Peg. I was surprised as l have not seen anyone on our forum on besremi. However l just read a recent post from a moderator that raises some doubts about Besremi and its future applications in Germany lots of references to federal committee meetings which include patient representatives on medications. If you speak German l can copy and paste it to you as a dm. I am seeing my haematologist in the next few weeks and hopefully visiting a MPN Centre and l will try and find out what’s happening - But you may be aware in Germany we are going into lockdown on Monday so not too sure what’s happening with my visits