Tag Archives: Sickle

Chiesi Global Rare Diseases Announces FDA Approval of Ferriprox (deferiprone) for Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload due to Sickle Cell Disease

May 1, 2021 Approval is based on demonstrated reduction in liver iron concentration Expanded indications for patients with sickle cell disease or other anemias, as well as thalassemia – BOSTON, May 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Chiesi Global Rare Diseases, a business unit of Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., an international research-focused healthcare Group (Chiesi Group), announced today… Read More »

At 16, She’s a Pioneer in the Fight to Cure Sickle Cell Disease

BOSTON — Helen Obando, a shy slip of a girl, lay curled in a hospital bed in June waiting for a bag of stem cells from her bone marrow, modified by gene therapy, to start dripping into her chest. The hope was that the treatment would cure her of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood… Read More »

Global Blood’s sickle cell drug wins FDA approval, joining Novartis’ Adakveo

Dive Brief: The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Global Blood Therapeutics’ sickle cell drug voxelotor, completing a rapid review that took the regulator about 90 days. The accelerated OK is conditional on the biotech completing a study to confirm the rise in hemoglobin measured in trials so far yields clinical benefit. Global Blood… Read More »

Equinox International Dental Hygiene Kit – Includes Tarter Scraper/Scaling Instrument, Dental Pick, Dental Sickle, and Mouth Mirror – Professional Surgical Grade Dentist Approved Tools

1 professional dental hygiene kit by Equinox International. Premium – smile confidently this kit includes all 3 essential tools needed to keep your oral hygiene in top shape each tool has been carefully crafted with high quality surgical grade stainless steel unlike other cheap alternatives on the market that rust easily and often. Universal –… Read More »