Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2022
NHS treats first sickle cell disease patients with life changing drug
24 February 2022 - One of the first patients to access a ground-breaking treatment for sickle cell disease on the NHS says she is “over the moon” to have received the “lifechanging” new drug.
Loury Mooruth, 62, from Walsall in the West Midlands, is one of the first people to receive crizanlizumab at Birmingham NHS Trust – the first new treatment for sickle cell disease in over two decades.
