Pfizer withdraws sickle cell disease treatment on risk of complication, death
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its sickle cell disease treatment Oxbryta from all markets where ...
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The Struggles and Hopes of Sickle Cell Patients Eyeing Costly Gene Therapies
Zoe Davis, a 20-year-old student, continues to battle severe sickle cell pain while hoping for relief from new gene therapies ...
‘You Can’t Really Prepare A Person Until They’re In It’: What It’s Like Dating With Sickle Cell Disease
A man and woman, both with sickle cell, share what their experience was like finding love, and what prospective partners need ...
Q&A: Shedding light on a neglected form of sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of painful and life-threatening genetic disorders that affect hemoglobin, the major ...
Pfizer Recalls All of Its Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Over Safety Concerns
Pfizer is withdrawing all of its sickle cell disease drug, Oxbryta, worldwide because of safety concerns. Pfizer ( PFE) ...
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Sickle Cell Disease Drug Pulled From Global Markets
Pfizer is pulling its sickle cell disease (SCD) treatment voxelotor (Oxbryta) from global markets after data review showed an ...
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Gene therapy for sickle cell disease remains a tough business model — and may never work
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease remains a tough business model — and may never work, @adamfeuerstein writes.
EU watchdog puts sickle cell disease drug on ice
The EU's drug watchdog Thursday called for the suspension of approval for Pfizer's medicine to treat sickle cell disease, ...
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Yunigen leads Kenyan official on tour of its WVU Innovation Corp. site; launches new pediatric sickle cell disease treatment
Groundbreaking pharmaceutical firm Yunigen welcomed a high-ranking Kenyan official to its R&D and manufacturing facility ...
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Some ways to prevent infections in life with sickle cell disease
Infections in sickle cell disease can be problematic and even fatal. Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a patient and doctor, has ...
5k in Oklahoma City to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease
A 5k fundraiser is being held in Oklahoma City Saturday, Sept. 28 to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease.
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Art project offers strength to patients of sickle cell disease, caregivers
They symbolize the crescent-shaped blood cells caused by the genetic mutation of sickle cell disease. Art therapist Emily ...