January 31, 2021

UK: How new law could transform lives

Around 500 people across Scotland are waiting for a call which could save their life. Mobile phone with them at all times, heart jumping when the screen lights up – in

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January 30, 2021

FDA Grants Priority Review to Treatment for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy

FDA Grants Priority Review to Treatment for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy The FDA has granted priority review to the biologics license application (BLA) for narsoplimab (OMS721) for the treatment

January 23, 2021

New heart transplant method comes to Yale New Haven Hospital

“People die waiting for a heart – and people are suffering with symptoms while they wait,” said Muhammad Anwer, MD, cardiac surgeon, Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Heart and Vascular Center. For

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Liver Transplants

January 14, 2021

Scoring system to redefine how U.S. patients prioritized for liver transplant

Liver transplant priority in the U.S. goes to the sickest patients, which fails to consider other important factors, including how long patients are likely to survive post-transplant. Researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive

January 12, 2021

Non-Hispanic Black patients are disproportionately left off liver transplant waitlists

CHICAGO (January 11, 2021): A new study of liver transplant centers confirms that non-Hispanic white patients get placed on liver transplant waitlists at disproportionately higher rates than non-Hispanic Black patients.

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December 30, 2020

American Kidney Fund Thanks President Trump for Signing End-Of-Year Legislative Package That Includes Lifesaving Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Recipients

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 29 -- The American Kidney Fund issued the following statement: * * * The following statement may be attributed to LaVarne A. Burton, president and CEO of the American

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December 28, 2020

Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Katie Porter Introduce Organ Transplant Legislation | News

On Wednesday, Dec. 16, United States Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, and Katie Porter, D-California, introduced the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act. The act will prohibit using

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December 24, 2020

Medicare Coverage of Kidney Transplant Drugs Is Extended

A newly passed US law ensures, starting in 2023, that for Medicare patients who receive a kidney transplant, insurance coverage of immunosuppressant drugs that prevent rejection of the organ will

December 22, 2020

Kidney Patients Hail U.S. Senate Move On Transplant Drugs

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest kidney patient organization in the United States, released the following statement regarding the bipartisan U.S. Senate

December 19, 2020

House Passes Smith Bill to Improve Medicare Access: Bill Would Ensure Kidney Transplant Recipients Have Essential Medication Under Medicare | News

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Jason Smith’s legislation, H.R. 5534, the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Act. This legislation ensures thousands of kidney transplant

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