Global Blood Therapeutics

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

GBT Awards $200K in ACCEL Grants to Improve SCD Healthcare Delivery

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Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) announced the five organizations that will receive more than $200,000 worth of grants through its new Access to Excellent Care for Sickle Cell Patients Pilot ... Read more

February 21, 2019February 26, 2019

GBT Publishes Data from Phase 1/2 Trial of Voxelotor in SCD Patients

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Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) published the results from its Phase 1/2 clinical trial that tested the potential therapy voxelotor in patients with sickle cells disease (SCD). Supported by the published results, the ... Read more

December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

Voxelotor Can Promote Long-Term Benefits in Teens, Adults with SCD, Latest Clinical Data Show

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Global Blood Therapeutics’ lead therapeutic candidate voxelotor can induce rapid, robust, and sustained improvements in the amount of hemoglobin in adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), according ... Read more

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Roche Sells Cardio Antibody to GBT for Vaso-Occlusive Crises in SCD

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Hoffmann-La Roche has sold the worldwide rights to its discontinued heart disease drug, inclacumab, to Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) for $2 million and milestone payments. GBT plans to investigate inclacumab as ... Read more

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018

First Results from Phase 3 Trial Expected to Support FDA’s Accelerated Approval of Voxelotor for Sickle Cell

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Once-daily treatment with voxelotor, Global Blood Therapeutics’ lead therapy candidate, can effectively increase the amount of hemoglobin in about 58% of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) in just 12 weeks, ... Read more

January 2, 2018

Voxelotor Improves Sickle Cell Disease of 83% of Adolescents in Phase 2a Trial

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The sickle disease of 83 percent of adolescents improved after 16 weeks of taking Global Blood Therapeutics‘ voxelotor, preliminary results of a Phase 2a clinical trial indicate. Another important finding ... Read more

November 21, 2017

Review Board Finds Global Blood’s Sickle Cell Disease Therapy Voxelotor Is Safe

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An independent review board has found Global Blood Therapeutics’ sickle cell disease treatment voxelotor safe, and recommended that its Phase 3 clinical trial continue. The hallmark of sickle cell disease is damage to ... Read more

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017

Sickle Cell Patient with Severe Anemia Rapidly Improves with Voxelotor, Case Study Shows

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Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) reported a case study in which a sickle cell disease (SCD) patient was granted compassionate access to the company’s ongoing Phase 3 HOPE study of voxelotor ... Read more

July 11, 2017

Global Blood Expands Sickle Cell Study to Include Kids Ages 6-11

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Global Blood Therapeutics has expanded its ongoing HOPE-KIDS 1 trial (NCT02850406), evaluating the investigative GBT440 in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease, to include a new single-dose cohort in younger ... Read more

June 29, 2017

European Agency Grants PRIME Access to GBT440 Therapy for Treatment of SCD

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted GBT440 — Global Blood Therapeutics’ lead drug candidate for sickle cell disease (SCD) — access to its Priority Medicines (PRIME) program. GBT440 is an oral, ... Read more