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FDA Approves Hydroxyurea Tablets for Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia

March 29, 2018

On December 21, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of hydroxyurea tablets in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia to reduce the frequency of painful crises. To read more about this approval, please click on the link below:

https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ApprovedDrugs/ucm590096.htm

 This is the first FDA approval of hydroxyurea for use in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.