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Understanding the reasons why people self-harm, and what you can do to help. Ask a Social Worker is a monthly column featuring…

Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) are middlemen that create and administer drug formularies on behalf of health insurers, self-insured employers, Medicaid, and other…

The hemophilia data for this study was drawn from de-identified medical records from four North American hemophilia treatment centers. The U.S. diabetes…

Kogenate® was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1993. Bayer has announced that they are discontinuing the recombinant…

BIVV001 is an investigational recombinant factor VIII therapy (rFVIII) developed for the prevention of bleeding episodes in hemophilia A patients via once…

Roctavian is Biomarin’s investigational hemophilia A gene therapy, which is currently in multiple ongoing clinical trials. BioMarin recently announced that their planned…

NHF staff and experts share insights on the remarkable impact of Dr. Charles Drew. Watch Video. June 3 is the birth date…

GLHF is honored to announce that we have secured another five-year cooperative agreement with the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to continue…

The study looked at the prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and bone fractures. The issue of poor bone health represents…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted CSL Behring’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for priority review of etranacogene dezaparvovec, an…

by: Cazandra Campos-MacDonald My biggest fear for my sons, who live with severe hemophilia, is an auto accident. When my oldest son, Julian, began to…

by: Jennifer Lynne It’s easy to spot physical damage, such as swollen joints, nosebleeds, limps, and bruises, when one suffers from a…

by: Lindsey Shapiro Ph.D.  Symptoms of pain, anxiety, and depression generally increased with disease severity in people with hemophilia and were also associated with…

Newly published data from a phase 3 clinical study suggests that the recombinant factor VIIa bypassing agent (BPA) eptacog beta was used…

Dr. Oluwole is a recent JML Fellowship recipient. Watch Dr. Oluwole’s video, Dedicated to Finding a Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, here….

Read the original press release here: https://s28.q4cdn.com/781576035/files/doc_financials/2022/q1/Q1-2022-PFE-Earnings-Release.pdf During a recent quarterly stakeholder report, Pfizer announced that in March 2022 the US Food and…

Newly published data from a phase 3 clinical study suggests that the recombinant factor VIIa bypassing agent (BPA) eptacog beta was used…

Compared with other groups, people with hemophilia have a higher risk of the disease. by: Kathryn Anne Stewart Osteoporosis, a disease of…

Why it often goes misdiagnosed, the most common symptoms, and more. 1. Women with hemophilia are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed Historically hemophilia…

Here’s a rundown of the various blood tests providers use to diagnose hemophilia, vonWillebrand Disease and other bleeding disorders. by: Michael Hickey…

Insights from historian Dr. Helen Rappaport – NHF sat down with historian Dr. Helen Rappaport to learn more about how hemophilia impacted…

The so-called “family glitch” is one of the persistent deficiencies in the Affordable Care Act. In their end-of-April post, the Hemophilia Federation…

The company’s investigational gene therapy has been developed for individuals with severe or moderately severe hemophilia B. The UK-based biotechnology company Freeline…

The new grant will fund basic and translational studies to improve gene therapies for hemophilia A. A group of investigators are embarking…