Recommending defunct therapies is a safety risk for hemophilia

Glenn F Pierce¹, Brian O'Mahony^{1

2}, Radoslaw Kaczmarek¹, Salome Mekhuzla¹, Mark W Skinner^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada.
² Irish Hemophilia Society, Dublin, Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Institute for Policy Advancement Ltd, Washington, DC, United States of America.
⁴ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Glenn F Pierce et al. Blood Transfus. 2025 Mar.

. 2025 Mar;23(2):189-190.

doi: 10.2450/BloodTransfus.982. Epub 2025 Jan 21.

Glenn F Pierce¹, Brian O'Mahony^{1

2}, Radoslaw Kaczmarek¹, Salome Mekhuzla¹, Mark W Skinner^{1

3

4}

¹ World Federation of Hemophilia, Montreal, Canada.
² Irish Hemophilia Society, Dublin, Ireland and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Institute for Policy Advancement Ltd, Washington, DC, United States of America.
⁴ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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