Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) announced updates across several of its development programs in sickle cell disease (SCD), on 22 of July. GBT introduced two global, randomized, placebo-controlled, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of inclacumab, a novel P-selectin inhibitor. Also enrolled the first SCD patient in a Phase 1 study evaluating GBT021601 (GBT601), a next-generation hemoglobin S (HbS) polymerization inhibitor, in people with SCD. Furthermore, the company has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking accelerated approval for Oxbryta® (voxelotor) for the treatment of SCD in children ages 4 to 11 years, together with a related separate New Drug Application (NDA) required to seek approval for a pediatric weight-based formulation of Oxbryta. President and CEO of GBT believes that the supplemental New Drug Application for Oxbryta creates a significant potential to impact the longer-term outcomes by addressing the root cause of red blood cell sickling at a young age. More info: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. press release.