Sobi is a Swedish rare-disease company whose haematology and oncology supportive products include palifermin (Kepivance) for severe oral mucositis, avatrombopag (Doptelet) and emapalumab (Gamifant).
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum markets Kepivance (palifermin) for mucositis after high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support, Doptelet (avatrombopag) for thrombocytopenia, Gamifant (emapalumab) for haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine) in Europe under licence from ADC Therapeutics.
Palifermin (Kepivance) is a growth factor injected for three days before and after high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue to reduce the severe mouth ulcers (mucositis) that this treatment causes in people with blood cancers.
Emapalumab switches off interferon gamma, the signal behind the runaway immune activation of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a condition that can also be triggered by lymphoma and by CAR-T therapy.
The JAK inhibitor for myelofibrosis patients whose platelet counts are too low for ruxolitinib.