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Sickle cell community scrambles to find safe plan after a drug is pulled from the market 

September 27, 2024
Nana-Bilkisu Habib experienced a health crisis earlier this year after missing doses of her sickle cell drug, Oxbryta.
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Sickle cell community scrambles to find safe plan after a drug is pulled from the market

Doctors were caught between the possibility that prescribing the pills might put patients at risk, but cutting patients off might also put them at risk.

By Eric Boodman


STAT+ | Regeneron, Sanofi blockbuster Dupixent wins FDA approval for COPD

Market analysts have estimated that the new COPD indication could bring in more than $1 billion in additional annual revenue for Dupixent

By Jonathan Wosen


Four more health care workers reported illnesses after caring for bird flu case in Missouri

It is not clear if any of these people were actually infected with H5N1; they were not tested at the time when they were ill.

By Helen Branswell



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Dispute over Duchenne gene therapy highlights thorny access issues

Elevidys, a gene therapy developed by Sarepta Therapeutics, has received FDA approval. But insurers are not always quick to provide coverage

By Andrew Joseph


STAT+ | Cassava Sciences and former execs, facing SEC charges for misleading claims, agree to fines

Cassava was charged Thursday by the SEC with making misleading claims in 2020 about trials for its Alzheimer's drug, and agreed to pay fines.

By Jonathan Wosen


Opinion: WHO director general: A breakthrough global agreement on combatting antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is associated with more than 1 million deaths a year, with many more projected over the coming decades.

By Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus


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STAT+ | FDA approves schizophrenia drug that could alter how disorder is treated

Cobenfy works by stimulating a pair of muscarinic receptors in the brain, that, in turn, control the release of acetylcholine. 

By Adam Feuerstein


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