PharmaEssentia’s BESREMi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft) Now Recommended as a Preferred First-line Cytoreductive Therapy for Polycythemia Vera in Updated NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines)

Update based on NCCN’s determination of superior efficacy, safety and evidence for BESREMi in high and low-risk patients, reflecting an ongoing shift in PV care toward earlier intervention

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation (TWSE: 6446), a global biopharmaceutical innovator based in Taiwan leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles to deliver new biologics in hematology and oncology, today announced that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) have recently been updated to include ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft, marketed as BESREMi®, as a preferred first-line cytoreductive therapy option for the treatment of adults with symptomatic, low-risk polycythemia vera (PV). Ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft is the only preferred therapeutic option for both high-risk and low-risk (symptomatic) PV regardless of treatment history.1

“The recent update to the NCCN Guidelines® reflects the ongoing shift in PV care towards earlier intervention, focusing on long-term patient health,” said Rami Komrokji, M.D., Vice Chair of the Malignant Hematology Department and Head of the Leukemia and MDS Section at Moffitt Cancer Center.

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