Blood Safety

Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A: What You Need to Know

In the summer of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox), a gene therapy for...

Blood Safety

If you or your loved one takes a medication to control a bleeding disorder, you may already know that you...

Blood Safety

To diagnose a blood or bleeding disorder, healthcare providers use a variety of tests to identify whether someone’s blood is...

Blood Safety

Hemochromatosis, also known as iron overload disorder, is a condition in which people have too much iron in their blood...

Blood Safety

Advice and insight from a hematologist and a cardiologist.

Blood Safety

People with bleeding disorders face the constant risk of bleeding and as a result are often turned away by blood...

Blood Safety

If you or someone you know has a bleeding disorder, it’s important to have an understanding of inhibitors, as some...

Blood Safety

Members of the bleeding disorders community regularly deal with small bleeds—and most of the time, they have a number of...

Blood Safety

Bleeding disorders frequently rank among the highest-cost conditions, largely because of treatment costs. While patients are exposed to some of...

Taking Charge, Blood Safety

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) commends the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for initiating development of a national blood...

Blood Safety

Update: On May 31, 2011, the journal Science published two papers online that it says cast doubt on the link...

Blood Safety

When the first plasma-derived clotting factor concentrates were introduced in the late 1960s and 1970s, they revolutionized the treatment of...

Hemophilia A&B, Blood Safety