A proposal by California governor Jerry Brown set its sight on the Discount Drug Program for Medi-Cal patients. A group of healthcare providers, including the Orthopaedic Institute for Children came…
According to a story from biopharmadive.com, the pharmaceutical company Roche is reporting a total of five deaths of patients with hemophilia A that have taken the company's product Hemlibra. While…
According to a story from Chronicle Live, a medical team from Newcastle in the UK will travel to the Kerala province in southern India to treat patients with hemophilia. The…
As we close out the month of March - it's important to give a little thought to some of the lesser-known rare diseases that are often overlooked. Bleeding disorders is…
Join The Coalition for Hemophilia B at their 12th Annual Symposium to improve the quality of life for those living with and treating Hemophilia B.
According to a story from EurekAlert!, scientists from UCLA have developed a new method of delivery for gene therapies called nanospears. These structures could allow for more accurate and precise…
United in Progress is the tag line for a unique collaborative effort to speed progress in identifying, understanding and treating hemophilia: My Life Our Future. Increasingly in the area of rare…
According to a story from sixthtone.com, patients with hemophilia living in China are using paper cutting to help restore their dignity and reclaim control of their lives. Hemophilia is a…
According to a story from the National Hemophilia Foundation, the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced that its product REBINYN was now available for hemophilia B patients. The treatment is intended…
In a recent press release, the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation announced the opening of a new program that will help people living with hemophilia pay for the cost of…
Many people aren’t aware that even if they have their emergency medication with them, with instructions, that it may not be given to them. Their carefully labeled, lifesaving treatment could…
A huge deal is underway as Sanofi looks to acquire Bioverativ for $11.6 billion with hope to enhance and strength their rare disease presence, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.…
Patients suffering from the rare blood disease, hemophilia, deal with daily demands of their treatment. A recent study supports self-infusion for these patients, reported Harrison Daily Times. Self-infusion is when…
According to a story from the National Hemophilia Foundation, the Swedish pharmaceutical company Orphan Biovitrum announced that its first patient was registered for a new phase 4 clinical trial. The…
On Christmas Day, Chris Bombardier, a man suffering from hemophilia B, traveled to Antarctica. While most of the people that go there scientists, Chris has a completely different goal in…
Irish drugmaker, Shire, announced earlier this month it will bring new genetic disorder drugs to India, stepping up its worldwide presence. Shire is unique in that it's one of the…
Pharmaceutical company and gene therapy leader, uniQure, published promising data from their current phase I/II trial testing out a gene therapy called AMT-060 in patients with serious cases of hemophilia B.…
Big news for those with hemophilia! On Thursday, the FDA approved Hemlibra (manufactured by Genentech), a weekly self-injection for hemophilia A patients who have developed resistance to standard medicines for preventing…
Did Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield cross the line? Leading hemophilia groups, National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA), and Hemophilia of Iowa (HOI) believe that they…
A perfectly coifed woman-child cuts you off on the way to the YMCA. Your children are copping some major attitude. Your spouse forgets to grab milk for dinner. Do you…
According to a late-summer press release sent out by the companies, two pharma players are joining forces and making waves in gene therapy for hemophilia A. Sangamo and Pfizer announce…
Most people are familiar with the old adage, “The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” My grandmother used to go a bit further by pointing out, “But the greased wheel that…
The Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center in Indianapolis has long been a leader in innovative patient care. They teamed up with MicroHealth, a company founded by hemophilia patient Aaron Craig…
It’s always exciting when two giants of their fields join together to accomplish something. When Pixar and Disney joined forces to bring us the best animated films since… ever, the…
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