Hemophilia Federation of America is a national nonprofit organization that assists, educates and advocates for the bleeding disorders community.
On Monday, September 22,聽several members of the bleeding disorders community came out to聽share their experiences with bleeding disorders treatment with the FDA. HFA worked with partners like NORD, PPTA, and NHF to ensure that our community was effectively represented.聽Patients and advocates of every age, every background, and with several different conditions came out to share […]
Recently our summer policy interns, Maria and Lewis, toured a Maryland plasma collection facility to learn the聽multi-step testing and purification process to ensure its safety and efficiency. ______________________________________ 1) Was this your first time visiting a plasma center? What did you expect it to be like? Lewis: This was my first time visiting a plasma […]
On July 7, 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved NovoSeven庐 RT, a recombinant factor VIIa product manufactured by NovoNordisk, as the first recombinant treatment for Glanzmann鈥檚 Thrombasthenia (GT). The approved indication is for bleeding episodes and perioperative management for patients in whom platelet transfusions, with or without antibodies to platelets, is ineffective. […]
Dear Addy, Will the ACA [Affordable Care Act] affect military insurance for active duty and retirees? Signed, A Curious Veteran ___________________________ Dear Veteran, The ACA will not affect active duty military or veterans who are enrolled in either TRICARE or the Veteran鈥檚 health care program. If you are not enrolled in TRICARE or the Veteran鈥檚 […]
Dimension Therapeutics, a Cambridge biotechnology startup, has struck a deal worth up to $252 million with the pharmaceutical giant Bayer HealthCare to develop a gene therapy to treat hemophilia, a rare disease that prevents blood from clotting. The goal of the prospective treatment, which is not yet in clinical trials, is to repair a faulty […]
Dear Addy, I know 鈥淥bamacare鈥 eliminated lifetime caps on January 1, 2014, but are there still annual caps on healthcare costs? Capped-Out __________________________________ Dear Capped-Out, Happily the answer is no, as of January 1, 2014. Actually, it was on September 23, 2010, that the Affordable Care Act […]
Reuters – Biogen Idec Inc is pricing its newly approved long-acting hemophilia drug, Alprolix, to cost U.S. patients, and insurers, about the same per year as older, less convenient therapies whose price can reach about $300,000 annually. The move could pressure rivals such as Pfizer Inc to lower prices for existing hemophilia treatments, which provide […]
Gone are the days when聽a hemophilia diagnosis meant you could not live a normal life. Now more hemophilia treatments are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and people with the condition can better manage bleeding. That鈥檚 good news as thousands observe World Hemophilia Day on April 17, 2014. Hemophilia is a rare bleeding […]
Today (April 17th), 聽tens of thousands of families across our nation and around the world will聽recognize聽World Hemophilia Day to raise awareness of bleeding disorders. 鈥淲orld Hemophilia Day brings public awareness about bleeding disorders and encourages the development of improved treatment,鈥 said Kimberly Haugstad, Executive Director of Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA). 鈥淲orldwide, 1 in 1,000 […]
Title:聽Hemophiliac Lifespans Grow By:聽Ellen Hale Date:聽Unknown Source: Gannett News Service New medical advances are letting people with hemophilia live longer and better than ever before, researchers say. But the success with the 鈥渂leeder鈥檚 disease鈥 has brought on new problems few of them foresaw. Suddenly, they are finding they must treat not only the disease, but […]
Mark Antell talks candidly about his hemophilia and hepatitis C.
Barry has hemophilia, HIV, and hepatitis C. 聽He discusses the realities of being diagnosed HIV positive as a teenager and the many challenges he has faced throughout his life. 聽Barry hopes by sharing his story he will empower others to share theirs.
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