Published on: February 28, 2018 (WASHINGTON, February 28, 2018) — Today, Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018. This legislation will authorize a program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that...
Published on: April 17, 2018 (WASHINGTON, April 18, 2018) — Adolescents and young adults with acute leukemia have a survival advantage if they receive treatment at a pediatric cancer center versus an adult center, according to a new study. The study, published online today in Blood Advances, a journal of...
Publish date: June 7, 2018 By Christopher Palmer Hematology News The Food and Drug Administration has approved methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (Mircera) for the treatment of dialysis-related anemia in pediatric patients aged 5-17 years with chronic kidney disease whose hemoglobin had been stabilized with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA). The approval for this long-acting...