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    Commissioners Dr Michael R DeBaun and Dr Dipty Jain, and Lwimba Kasongo, MPH, who has lived experience of sickle cell disease, outline some of the obstacles …

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    Researchers reported that deferiprone safety and efficacy was comparable with deferoxamine for treating iron overload in pediatric patients, according to a post hoc analysis published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Researchers compared the safety and efficacy of defe riprone and deferoxamine in patients aged 17 years or younger with sickle cell disease or other anemias who participated in the phase IIIb/IV FIRST trial. Deferoxamine is injected subcutaneously while deferiprone is an oral agent. Children who

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