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Researchers aim to repurpose diabetes drug to treat SCD kidneys

Researchers received a federal grant to see if diabetes drug empagliflozin is safe and effective for SCD kidney damage.
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Alzheimer’s drug memantine may help prevent SCD crises, especially in kids

Memantine, a cheaply available drug used for decades to treat Alzheimer's, may help prevent sickle cell crises, especially in ...
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KIND Presents Preclinical Results of AND017 in Animal Models of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), and β-Thalassemia at the 66th American Society of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kind Pharmaceutical ("Hangzhou Andao Pharmaceutical Ltd. and Kind Pharmaceuticals LLC"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing ...
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KIND Announces FDA Granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for AND017 in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a devasting genetic disease with US patient population around 120,000; SCD disproportionally affects Black and African Americans, comprising more than 98% of patients ...
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Sickle Cell Disease in Social Security Disability Evaluations

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...