Baxalta Announces U.S. Availability of ADYNOVATE, A New Treatment for Adult Patients With Hemophilia A With a Simple, Twice-Weekly Dosing Schedule

BANNOCKBURN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE: BXLT), a global biopharmaceutical leader dedicated to delivering transformative therapies to patients with orphan diseases and underserved medical conditions, today announced the launch and first shipments of ADYNOVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), PEGylated], an extended circulating half-life recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) treatment for hemophilia A based on full-length ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant)]. The treatment was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November.