COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ANEMIA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing anemia conditions such as hemolytic anemia, thalassemias, hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency, immune hemolytic anemia, alloimmune hemolytic anemia, drug-induced hemolytic anemia, mechanical hemolytic anemias.SOLUTION: The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more fatty acids or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the proviso that the one or more fatty acids is selected from the group consisting of odd chain fatty acids and very long even chain fatty acids, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In one embodiment, the one or more fatty acids is heptadecanoic acid. In one embodiment, the composition is substantially free from even chain fatty acids. In one embodiment, the composition comprises at least one odd chain fatty acid and at least one very long even chain fatty acid. In one embodiment, the one or more fatty acids comprises heptadecanoic acid and behenic acid.SELECTED DRAWING: None