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SICKLE CELL
Pfizer has announced the global withdrawal of its sickle cell disease treatment, Oxbryta (voxelotor), which was priced at approximately $125,000 per year.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in collaboration with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), has launched a bone marrow transplant program to cure sickle cell disease in Nigeria.
ASHIA initiated a program providing free health insurance to children living with sickle cell disorder in with the state ministry of health.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to approve Exa-cel, a potential cure for sickle cell patients, with an anticipated cost of $2 million.