Drug Repurposing: Saving Rare Disease Patient Lives
WebMD recently carried a story about a young woman who, after nine years of wheelchair confinement caused by a rare metabolic disease with no name, was able to walk…
WebMD recently carried a story about a young woman who, after nine years of wheelchair confinement caused by a rare metabolic disease with no name, was able to walk…
The new nonprofit Every Cure has been created on the basis that every drug currently on the market effects multiple areas in the body. This premise has been proven…
An article recently appeared in the AAMC News celebrating the creation of The Children’s National Rare Disease Institute (CNRDI). The article described the long road patients with rare diseases must…
As part of ongoing events surrounding Rare Disease Day, which is officially recognized on the last day of the month of February, Patient Worthy attended sessions of the 8th Annual…
According to a story from Yahoo! Finance, EUSA Pharma Limited and BeiGene, Ltd. have recently announced that their Biologics License Application (BLA) has been accepted by the China National Medical…
According to a story from thv11.com, Susan Head of Little Rock, Arkansas is a marine veteran who now faces a new battle: Castleman disease. In the midst of the ongoing…
David Fajgenbaum toes the line between patient and doctor. After growing up with a physician as a father, Fajgenbaum chose to follow in his footsteps. His most important lessons came…