Les victimes britanniques de la fibrose kystique se battent pour Orkambi: voici comment vous pouvez vous aider

Orkambi (ivacaftor / lumacaftor) est le second médicament de précision à être autorisé à être utilisé au Royaume-Uni par des personnes atteintes de fibrose kystique. La prise? Il n'est actuellement…

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All Eyes are Open for This New Narcolepsy Drug
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All Eyes are Open for This New Narcolepsy Drug

At a recent conference, Jazz Pharmaceuticals presented positive efficacy results from the JZP-110 (TONES) studies in adult patients with sleep impairment conditions and the excessive sleepiness associated with these diseases.…

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This Drug Would Target the Heart of Genetic Obesity
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This Drug Would Target the Heart of Genetic Obesity

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals is currently developing a melanocrotin-4 (MC4) receptor therapy called setmelanotide for the treatment of obesity and related disorders caused by genetic defects. This therapy could potentially be used to…

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This Just In! Promising Results from Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial!
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This Just In! Promising Results from Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial!

The highly-anticipated data from Pfizer's Phase 3 Octave Studies of tofacitinib in ulcerative colitis patients were published early last month in The New England Journal of Medicine. The data overall…

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This Drug May Reduce Your Dependence on Transfusions
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This Drug May Reduce Your Dependence on Transfusions

Celgene Corporation, partnered with Acceleron Pharma Inc., announced at the beginning of this month that target enrollment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and beta thalassemia patients for the MEDALIST and BELIEVE…

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We’re On the Way to Treating an Untreatable Condition
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We’re On the Way to Treating an Untreatable Condition

Lysogene, a biopharmaceutical company, announced at the end of May that enrollment in SAMOS (Sanfilippo A Multinational Observational Study) was completed. This is extremely exciting news for Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS…

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Promising Results From Preventative HAE Treatment Study
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Promising Results From Preventative HAE Treatment Study

Attention hereditary angioedema patients: preventative treatment is on the horizon! Shire plc is one of the global leaders in rare disease research and pharmacology, and the group recently released positive…

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Could Weed Cure Childhood Epilepsy?
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Could Weed Cure Childhood Epilepsy?

GW Pharmaceuticals is finding out... Epidiolex® (manufactured and tested by GW Pharmaceuticals) is a leading medical cannabinoid candidate for the treatment of rare, resistant, and early-onset epilepsy syndromes such as…

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More Natural Treatment Option for Hemophilia A Now Available!
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More Natural Treatment Option for Hemophilia A Now Available!

In September, 2015, the U.S. FDA approved NUWIQ®, a recombinant antihemophilic factor (protein essential for normal blood clothing) developed by Octapharma AG, for the treatment of hemophilia A in children…

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Gaucher Disease In the News

Want some more news, events and announcements on Gaucher disease? We got 'em! [one_half]     [/one_half] [one_half_last] Promising Molecule Identified as Possible Treatment for Gaucher, Parkinson's Diseases  NICE Changes Mind…

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