Innovative Therapies
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Clinical News
Novartis sickle cell drug Adakveo put on path to EU approval
Novartis announced last Friday that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization of Adakveo® (crizanlizumab)…
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TIF.ACCESS: A Global TIF Initiative for the Promotion of the Availability & Accessibility of Innovative Therapies
The swift scientific progress made in the field of thalassaemia research has gained momentum with the market authorisations of both the Zynteglo Gene Therapy by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)…
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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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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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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…
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TIF News
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Education
eThalED COURSE: Access to New Therapies – The Case of Reblozyl by Dr. Antonio Piga
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…
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TIF Publications
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.
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International Thalassaemia Day Webinars
Accessibility & Affordability of Novel Therapies for Thalassaemia: The Patients’ Perspective
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…
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