FDA approves first new sickle cell drug in 20 years

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 519 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.149 Author: Asher Mullard The US FDA approved Emmaus Medical's L-glutamine for sickle cell anaemia, providing the first new drug for these patients in 20 years.Emmaus's drug is an oral, pharmaceutical-grade amino acid. The mechanism of action of the drug is not understood, but it is thought
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