2005 SCDAA News Archive

• SENATE APPROVES TALENT-COCHRAN REQUEST FOR $2.2 MILLION TO FUND SICKLE CELL TREATMENT LAW (12-22-05)
  (Washington, DC) U.S. Senators Jim Talent (R-Mo.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) have won approval for a $2.2 million appropriation to help patients with Sickle Cell Disease.

• SENATE PASSES COCHRAN-TALENT AMENDMENT TO ADD FUNDS FOR SICKLE CELL TREATMENT (10-27-05)
  We must continue to work together and make the Sickle Cell Treatment Act a reality that is fully funded!

• SCDAA Responds Favorably to Positive Review of Exjade by FDA Advisory Committees (10-03-05)
  The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) is excited by the news that the Blood Products Advisory Committee (BPAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a positive review of Exjade® (deferasirox) for once-daily oral treatment of adults and children with chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions.

• A word from SCDAA on Hurricane Katrina (09-02-05)
  The President, Chairman, National Board of Directors and staff of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., express their heartfelt sympathies and concerns to all those affected by the recent devastation caused by hurricane Katrina.

• An Evening of Jazz (06-21-05)
  SCDAA and Capital Jazz present "An Evening of Jazz" featuring Kim Waters on Friday, Sept. 9.

• Black Elegance Magazine Features Sickle Cell Article (06-10-05)
  Cover of July issue features article on Sickle Cell Disease.

• SCDAA at the 2005 Capital Jazz Fest (06-08-05)
  The staff of SCDAA hosted a booth at the Capital Jazz Fest in Columbia, Maryland, June 4-5, 2005.

• SCDAA Testifies Before Congress (05-10-05)
  SCDAA urges funding for sickle cell disease initiatives.

• SCDAA Statement on Exjade® (deferasirox) (05-03-05)
  Novartis files regulatory submissions for Exjade® (deferasirox), the first and only once-daily oral iron chelator for the treatment of chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions.

• Family Partnerships in Sickle Cell Disease (04-08-05)
  Sponsored by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Greater Montgomery, Inc. and University of Texas at Dallas Sickle Cell Disease Research Center, April 29, 2005

• ACTION ALERT (03-04-05)
  SCDAA needs your support in securing funding for the programs established by the Sickle Cell Treatment Act

• 5th International African Symposium (03-01-05)
  Presented by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana

• President's Corner January 2005 (01-13-05)
  

• SCDAA 33rd Annual Convention (01-05-05)
  SCDAA 33rd Annual Convention Scheduled for September 7-10, 2005 in Baltimore, MD

• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month (01-05-05)
  September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month

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