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Early-Stage Trial Data on Oxford University COVID-19 Vaccine to be Published July 20
Early-stage human trial data on a vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca will be published on July 20, The Lancet medical journal announced yesterday. The potential vaccine is already…
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COVID-19 and Thalassaemia: A Position Statement of the Thalassaemia International Federation
Many patients with haemoglobinopathies, including thalassaemia and sickle cell disease, are at increased risk of developing severe complications from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Although epidemiologic evidence concerning the novel…
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TIF Postpones its International Conference on Thalassaemia to 2021
Being mindful of the COVID-19 situation and wanting to ensure participants’ safety, TIF has taken the decision to postpone its long-awaited ’15th International Conference on Thalassaemia & other Haemoglobinopathies‘ & the ’17th TIF…
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Coronavirus Disease among Persons with Sickle Cell Disease
Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) are a particularly vulnerable group of patients, with a higher risk of severe complications due to COVID-19 infection than the general public. A recent…
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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…
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Thalassaemia Prior and Consequent to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Perspective of Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)
Patients with haemoglobin disorders, particularly β-thalassaemia or sickle cell disease (SCD) or combined forms, on account of their underlying disease pathology and associated (iron load mainly in the case of…
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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…
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FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Mitapivat for Treatment of Thalassaemia
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to the company’s first-in-class pyruvate kinase-R (PKR) activator Mitapivat for the treatment of…
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TIF Issues Position Statement in Honour of the World Blood Donor Day 2020
There is one thing that definitely makes us heroes: giving blood. It is a life-saving gesture that any of us in good health should very seriously consider making. Every couple…
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