The new expansion of the use of this sickle cell drug to a younger age group represents a “Renaissance age for sickle cell disease,” according to one expert.
Brown says children with the disease are at risk of having life-threatening complications as early as 6 months after birth.Oxbryta holds the hemoglobin in a particular shape that prevents sickle cells from stacking, preventing complications like organ damage and pain, says Kim Smith-Whitley, MD, head of research and development for Global Blood Therapeutics and a pediatric hematologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
While Oxbryta for children 12 and over comes in a tablet that can be swallowed, the newly approved medication is a tablet that dissolves in liquid.
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