Pfizer has agreed to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), a publicly-listed American biopharma company, in a deal worth around $5.4 billion with an aim to boost its presence in rare hematology. Global Blood Therapeutics is particularly focused on developing drugs for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). The company’s sickle cell disease drug Oxbryta […]
Adakveo FDA approval : Swiss drugmaker Novartis has bagged approval for Adakveo (crizanlizumab-tmca) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its use in sickle cell disease. Formerly known as SEG101, Adakveo has been indicated to be used for bringing down the frequency of vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs), or pain crises, in patients, aged 16 […]