FDA grants approval for first cord blood product.

摘要

Known as HEMACORD, the therapy is indicated for use in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation procedures in patients with blood system disorders, including children. Cord blood transplants are used routinely to treat patients with certain blood cancers and some inherited metabolic and immune system disorders."The use of cord blood hematopoietic progenitor cell therapy offers potentially life-saving treatment options for patients with these types of disorders," said Karen Midthun, MD, director of the FDA Center for Biologies Evaluation and Research, in a statement.