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UK opens inquiry into tainted-blood scandal that killed 2400

April 30, 2019 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A long-awaited inquiry opened Tuesday in Britain into how contaminated blood was used to treat thousands of people in the 1970s and '80s, killing at least 2,400...

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

By MARILYNN MARCHIONEDecember 7, 2017 GMT

Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure the blood disease...

Startup wants to bring back Vioxx for hemophilia joint pain

By LINDA A. JOHNSONNovember 21, 2017 GMT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Could there be a second life for the once-popular arthritis pill Vioxx? A startup pharmaceutical company hopes so...

FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients

By LINDA A. JOHNSONNovember 16, 2017 GMT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia...