New Opiate Dosing Calculator for Health Care Providers
NEW RESOURCE AVAILABLE: This tool from the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers can help sickle cell providers make important decisions... Continue Reading
CMO Speaks: Gene Therapy for SCD (Part 2)
Welcome to CMO Speaks, a blog featuring the voices of SCDAA’s clinical leadership team. This is part two of a three-part... Continue Reading
MARAC Statement: Health Insurance Coverage for MSD SCT
MARAC Statement: Health Insurance Coverage for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease from HLA-matched Sibling Donor (MSD HCT) Sept.... Continue Reading
MARAC Statement: Update About COVID
Sept. 16, 2023 – The worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) infections seem to have settled down, and we are now seeing... Continue Reading
SCDAA and MedicAlert Foundation Launch Pilot Program
Leading Sickle Cell Organization and MedicAlert Foundation Launch Pilot Program to Improve Emergency Care During Sickle Cell Pain Crises Non-profits partner to... Continue Reading
Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2023 Events
All across the country, our member organizations are hosting exciting events for Sickle Cell Awareness Month this September. Check out the... Continue Reading
Abstracts Accepted Until 11:59 p.m. PST
This morning, we were notified that some users experienced issues using our 2023 National Abstract Competition portal. This issue has been... Continue Reading
MARAC Statement: Crizanlizumab (Adakveo)
July 7, 2023 – SCDAA’s Medical and Research Advisory Committee (MARAC) notes that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal... Continue Reading
SCDAA Teams with MedicAlert Foundation
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Teams with MedicAlert Foundation to Improve Emergency Outcomes During Sickle Cell Crises Nonprofits partner to... Continue Reading
Afimmune joins the SCD C.A.R.E.S. Consortium
Dublin, Ireland, 19 June 2023: Afimmune, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel rare disease therapeutics, today announced it has been invited to... Continue Reading