Innovative Therapies
GBT Announces Plans to Seek Regulatory Approval for Oxbryta® (Voxelotor) to Treat Sickle Cell Patients in Europe
Clinical News
Luglio 7, 2020
GBT Announces Plans to Seek Regulatory Approval for Oxbryta® (Voxelotor) to Treat Sickle Cell Patients in Europe
Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) plans to submit a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for Oxbryta (Voxelotor) be approved for treating hemolytic anemia in patients with sickle cell disease…
Advances in the Care & Cure of Thalassaemia: New Hopes & Challenges
NOVITÀ
Luglio 1, 2020
Advances in the Care & Cure of Thalassaemia: New Hopes & Challenges
TIF, in collaboration with Thalassemics India and Thalassemia Patients Advovacy Group – India, conducted on June 12, 2020 a Webinar on the novel treatments emerging for thalassaemia and the hopes…
IMR-687 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of β-Τhalassaemia
Clinical News
Giugno 30, 2020
IMR-687 Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of β-Τhalassaemia
IMARA Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company operating in the haemoglobin disorders field, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for IMR-687 for the…
European Commission Approves Reblozyl for the Treatment of Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassaemia
Clinical News
Giugno 30, 2020
European Commission Approves Reblozyl for the Treatment of Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassaemia
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) & Acceleron Pharma announced today that the European Commission approved Reblozyl (luspatercept) for the treatment of Transfusion-Dependent β-#Thalassaemia (TDT) in adult patients. Reblozyl has the potential to…
eThalED Webinar Series: Access to New Therapies – Reblozyl
Education
Giugno 18, 2020
eThalED Webinar Series: Access to New Therapies – Reblozyl
The 1st webinar for Medical Specialists organised in the context of TIF’s eThalED online course is here. Dr Antonio Piga, Professor of Paediatrics & Dean of the Medicine School at…
Explaining Gene Therapy in thalassaemia (2020)
Publications
Giugno 7, 2020
Explaining Gene Therapy in thalassaemia (2020)
The second educational brochure from the TIF’s ‘Gene Therapy’ booklet series, providing an in-depth view of how this revolutionary therapy works in patients with β-thalassaemia major.
The Patients’ Perspective on the Accessibility & Affordability of Novel Therapies for Thalassaemia
NOVITÀ
Maggio 20, 2020
The Patients’ Perspective on the Accessibility & Affordability of Novel Therapies for Thalassaemia
9 patients with thalassaemia, members of TIF’s Patient Advocacy Group for Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease (T-PAG), are discussing with the Thalassaemia International Federation the accessibility and affordability of the…
FDA Grants RMAT Designation to CTX-001™ for the Treatment of Severe TDT β-Thalassaemia & SCD
Clinical News
Maggio 16, 2020
FDA Grants RMAT Designation to CTX-001™ for the Treatment of Severe TDT β-Thalassaemia & SCD
CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to CTX-001, an investigational, autologous, Gene Editing hematopoietic stem cell therapy, for the treatment of severe Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassaemia (TDT) and Sickle…