hemoglobinuria
noun
he·mo·glo·bin·uria
ˌhē-mə-ˌglō-bə-ˈnu̇r-ē-ə 
-ˈnyu̇r-
: the presence of free hemoglobin in the urine
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Among the high-profile drugs mentioned in the KFF report are the blood thinner Xarelto (rivaroxaban), Soliris (eculizumab), indicated for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, the multiple myeloma drug Revlimid (lenalidomide), and Humira (adalimumab), which targets auto-immune disorders.
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Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
Schwartz, 14, is in critical need of a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria — two life-threatening diseases that keep the body from producing blood cells.
—Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
Soliris, the company’s biggest product with almost $4 billion in 2019 sales, is a monoclonal antibody used to treat rare conditions such as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
—John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2020
The drug candidate, known as pegcetacoplan, takes aim at a genetic disease known as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH.
—Kate Sheridan, STAT, 7 Jan. 2020
Phelan, who graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 2015, was diagnosed at 15 with a rare, life-threatening blood disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, which affects one in a million people and destroys red blood cells.
—Caitlin Mullen, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
A British researcher showed that one of its therapies actually helped patients suffering from the extremely rare blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, in which a patient’s complement system attacks red blood cells.
—Benjamin Elgin, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
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Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
Schwartz, 14, is in critical need of a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria — two life-threatening diseases that keep the body from producing blood cells.
—Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
Soliris, the company’s biggest product with almost $4 billion in 2019 sales, is a monoclonal antibody used to treat rare conditions such as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
—John Lauerman, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2020
The drug candidate, known as pegcetacoplan, takes aim at a genetic disease known as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH.
—Kate Sheridan, STAT, 7 Jan. 2020
Phelan, who graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 2015, was diagnosed at 15 with a rare, life-threatening blood disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, which affects one in a million people and destroys red blood cells.
—Caitlin Mullen, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
A British researcher showed that one of its therapies actually helped patients suffering from the extremely rare blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, or PNH, in which a patient’s complement system attacks red blood cells.
—Benjamin Elgin, Bloomberg.com, 24 May 2017
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hemoglobinuria
noun
he·mo·glo·bin·uria
variants
or chiefly British haemoglobinuria
: the presence of free hemoglobin in the urine
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