Press Release
GBT Awards $250,000 in ACCEL Grants to Advance Access to Care for People Living with Sickle Cell Disease
“Individuals living with sickle cell disease face significant challenges every day, including accessing quality healthcare in their communities. These challenges are greater than ever given the impact of COVID-19 and the healthcare disparities the pandemic has brought harshly to light,” said
The 2020 ACCEL grant recipients are:
Atrium Health Foundation for “Expanding Access to Care for Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients by Educating and Empowering Their Primary Care Providers (PCPs)”- Augusta University Sickle Cell Transition Program for “Transition to Adult Sickle Cell Disease Care in Rural South Georgia”
- East Carolina University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program for “Improving Transition Education and Facilitating Access to Care for
Underserved Youth with SCD” OSF Saint Francis Medical Center for “Enhancing Rural Sickle Cell Outreach Clinics and Easing Transition to Adult Care”University of Rochester for “Improving Transition from Pediatric Specialty Care to Adult Health Care for Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease”
“The passion and innovation in the ACCEL grant proposals that we received this year gives us hope that critical gaps in sickle cell care can be narrowed and, one day, closed,” said
GBT launched the ACCEL program in
For more information about GBT’s grants program and other corporate giving, visit https://www.gbt.com/our-commitment/corporate-giving/.
About Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 100,000 people in
About Global Blood Therapeutics
Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing treatments that provide hope to underserved patient communities. Founded in 2011, GBT is delivering on its goal to transform the treatment and care of sickle cell disease (SCD), a lifelong, devastating inherited blood disorder. The company has introduced Oxbryta® (voxelotor), the first FDA-approved treatment that directly inhibits sickle hemoglobin polymerization, the root cause of red blood cell sickling in SCD. GBT is also advancing its pipeline program in SCD with inclacumab, a p-selectin inhibitor in development to address pain crises associated with the disease. In addition, GBT’s drug discovery teams are working on new targets to develop the next generation of treatments for SCD. To learn more, please visit www.gbt.com and follow the company on Twitter @GBT_news.
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References
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Source: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.