Fibrinogen

Fibrinogen (Fibrinogen deficiency):

Fibrinogen, also called Factor I, is a blood plasma protein produced by the liver that plays an important role in blood coagulation. Blood coagulation is a process in which several components of the blood form a clot. When blood escapes from a rupture in a blood vessel, coagulation is triggered. Several proteins, called coagulation factors, go into action to produce thrombin. The thrombin then converts fibrinogen to fibrin. Fibrin produced from fibrinogen is the main protein in a blood clot. It surrounds the cells in the blood and plasma and helps form the clot. The resulting clot, which is stabilized by Factor XIII, remains intact from 10 to 14 days, the time required for healing to take place.

Prevalence:
Afibrinogenemia is a rare bleeding disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1:1,000,000.

Development Stage:
Prometic is currently scaling up Fibrinogen and anticipates filing an IND in 2017.