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Rusfertide is a peptide mimetic of natural hepcidin, which targets and degrades ferroportin, reduces serum iron and transferrin-saturation, and thus regulates the production of red blood cells. Rusfertide ameliorates the polycythemia vera, β-thalassemia and hereditary hemochromatosis[1][2].

[1] Taranath R, et al., Regulation of iron homeostasis by PTG-300 improves disease parameters in mouse models for beta-thalassemia and hereditary hemochromatosis[J]. Blood, 2019, 134: 3540.
[2] Kremyanskaya M, et al., PTG-300 eliminates the need for therapeutic phlebotomy in both low and high-risk polycythemia vera patients[J]. Blood, 2020, 136: 33-35.