Why gene therapy for sickle cell is slow to catch on with patients
Student Zoe Davis, 20, was just weeks into her junior year when she landed back in the hospital with severe sickle cell pain ...
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Sickle cell community scrambles to find safe plan after a drug is pulled from the market
After Pfizer withdrew its sickle cell drug from the market, patients with the condition and their doctors were left ...
Pfizer yanks sickle-cell treatment worldwide after possible link to deaths
Pfizer Inc. said late Wednesday it was withdrawing a sickle-cell drug from markets worldwide and discontinuing clinical ...
Pfizer's Oxbryta exit may hasten trials of rival experimental sickle cell drugs, analysts say
Pfizer's decision late on Wednesday to withdraw its sickle cell disease treatment due to the risk of death could help speed ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
A daily battle: Kamarie Crawford faces on-going fight with Sickle Cell
September is Sickle Cell Awareness month.While the month itself is almost over, patients living with the disease face a daily ...
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What the withdrawal of its sickle cell drug means for Pfizer, patients, and the FDA
Pfizer’s decision Wednesday to pull its sickle cell pill off the market because of safety concerns shocked advocates and ...
Deaths lead Pfizer to pull sickle cell drug at center of $5 billion Bay Area buyout
Pfizer had big hopes for a sickle-cell disease drug, as did those suffering from the disease. Things didn't turn out as ...
Pfizer to Withdraw Sickle-Cell Drug Oxbryta From Worldwide Markets
The healthcare company said clinical data indicates the overall benefit of Oxbryta no longer outweighs the risk in the ...
Revolutionary sickle cell treatment providing hope and equity in action
The RUBY Trial is showing promise in treating patients fighting sickle cell disease, and Ohio is setting a national standard ...
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Morgantown-based start-up launches pediatric sickle cell treatment, hosts Kenyan leader
Officials hosted a tour Friday and launched a groundbreaking pediatric treatment for sickle cell disease. Yunigen officials, including Chief Executive Officer and Vice President Charles Otieno and ...