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SCDAA names board officers

  • November 20, 2024
  • Emma Day

The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Inc., a national nonprofit membership organization that advocates for people affected by sickle cell... Continue Reading

MARAC Statement: Pfizer’s Voxelotor (Oxbryta®) Withdrawal

  • September 28, 2024
  • Emma Day

SCDAA Medical and Research Advisory Committee (MARAC) Statement: Pfizer’s Voxelotor (Oxbryta®) Withdrawal 9/27/24 What is the news? Pfizer announced the withdrawal... Continue Reading

Sickle Cell Disease is Not a Joke

  • December 18, 2023
  • Emma Day

This weekend’s Saturday Night Live skit about the recent historic approvals of potentially curative gene therapies for sickle cell disease is... Continue Reading

SCDAA Statement About Gene Therapy Approval

  • December 8, 2023
  • Emma Day

On Dec. 8, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), Casgevy... Continue Reading

Gene Therapy is Approved!

  • December 8, 2023
  • Emma Day

We are very excited to share that today, Dec. 8, the Food and Drug Administration approved two gene therapies to treat... Continue Reading

Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2023 Events

  • August 28, 2023
  • Emma Day

All across the country, our member organizations are hosting exciting events for Sickle Cell Awareness Month this September. Check out the... Continue Reading

SCDAA Teams with MedicAlert Foundation

  • June 26, 2023
  • Emma Day

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

  • June 19, 2023
  • Emma Day

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

SCDAA Announces FY24 Legislative Priorities

  • May 1, 2023
  • Emma Day

Did you know that the federal government is poised to make some of the biggest decisions in sickle cell history right... Continue Reading

SCDAA names new board members

  • March 22, 2023
  • Emma Day

The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, a national nonprofit membership organization that advocates for people affected by sickle cell, named... Continue Reading