Chugai Pharmaceutical filed a New Drug Application for the use of emicizumab as a…
Joana Fernandes, PhD
Joana brings more than 8 years of academic research and experience as well as Scientific writing and editing to her role as a Science and Research writer. She also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology in Coimbra, Portugal, where she also received her PhD in Health Science and Technologies, with a specialty in Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Articles by Joana Fernandes, PhD
Results from two Phase 3 trials support the use of emicizumab for the preventive treatment of hemophilia A in children,…
Spark Therapeutics will present novel results regarding the ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT02484092) investigating SPK-9001 in hemophilia…
Decades ago most hemophilia patients died young. Advances in treatment have led to them living about as long as the…
Cellphones are a good way for hemophiliacs receiving care at home to relay information that doctors need to stay on…
Novo Nordisk expects a decision this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its product N9-GP  (nonacog…
More than 12,300 hemophilia cases in developing countries were treated with therapy donations from Bioverativ and its partner Sobi in 2016, Bioverativ…
An infant was diagnosed with severe hemophilia A after developing splenic injury (injury to the spleen), a rare condition among…
Cardiovascular Risk Factors Probably Not the Link Between Hypertension and Hemophilia, Study Says
The high incidence of hypertension among hemophilia patients may not be associated with common cardiovascular risk factors, such as obesity,…
Researchers have developed a biodegradable capsule to deliver a protein missing in patients with hemophilia B, according to a new…