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HemaQuest nails $13M VC extension for sickle cell program

A little more than a year after it named a new executive team to run the company, San Diego-based HemaQuest has rounded up $13 million in new venture cash. The new investment is being referred to as...

Pfizer inks $340M rare disease pact with GlycoMimetics

Demonstrating its deep interest in the future of rare diseases, Pfizer ( $PFE ) has signed on to partner with Gaithersburg, MD-based GlycoMimetics on its lead drug program for sickle cell disease,

BioMarin reveals positive Phase II results

California's BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced positive results from a trial of the oral drug 6R-BH4 in patients with sickle cell disease. In the trial, 6R-BH4 was associated with improvement in