{
  "id": 3214029,
  "title": "Tamil Nadu taking steps to distribute medicine for haemophilia patients: Health Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/tamil-nadu-taking-steps-to-distribute-medicine-for-haemophilia",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T07:06:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-taking-steps-to-distribute-medicine-for-haemophilia-patients-health-minister/article71387570.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, Tamil Nadu Health Minister K.G. Arunraj informed the State Assembly that the government was taking measures to distribute Emicizumab to Haemophilia A patients. Addressing a calling attention motion presented by M.S. Ravi, who advocated for the government to provide the medicine free of charge to patients, the minister elaborated that Emicizumab was utilized to treat Haemophilia A patients with Factor VIII inhibitor antibodies. However, Arunraj clarified that Emicizumab had not been included in the National Health Mission (NHM) essential medicines list. Despite this, he assured that the government was actively working on distributing the medicine to patients under certain terms and conditions.",
  "summary": "The Minister said Emicizumab was used to treat Haemophilia A patients with Factor VIII inhibitor antibodies",
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}