Patients with congenital diseases often experience a range of uncomfortable symptoms. On one side of the world, a family with erythromelalgia, a painful condition which can cause redness and swelling…
A recent editorial focusing on NMDs (neuromuscular disorders) was published in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms. The editorial highlights a special issue of the journal devoted to building…
Shelley Simmonds recently attended the Festival of Genomics, the largest genomics event in the United Kingdom that is quickly growing into the biggest event in the world. It involves…
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Advances in medicine have been responsible for longer overall survival in patients with neurodegenerative-neuromuscular diseases. According to a recent report in RTMagazine, an increase in the number of patients…
Janet Woodcock, Director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) recently gave an interview to the publication FDA Voices about the agency’s approval in 2019 of a…
AskBio Asklepios BioPharmaceuticals (AskBio) was first founded in 2001. It is based out of North Carolina. This company is dedicated to the research of gene therapies as potential therapeutic options…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) may at first seem like a group that is solely focused on helping muscular dystrophy patients, but its…
According to a story from Salon, the Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) is a statistical measure that is used in order to calculate the value of a certain medication. First…
PTC Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company that has been working with Translarna, a medication intended for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). They analyzed this treatment and presented the…
CureDuchenne has launched the CureDuchenne Biobank, a neutral, centralized and self-funded data hub that will unlock information to accelerate research. It will provide a consistent set of resources for scientific…
According to a story from BioSpace, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved the drug golodirsen (marketed as Vyondys 53) as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
A new precision medicine center, specifically for pediatrics, has launched in Utah. This new center is the result of collaborative efforts from the Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Precision Genomics,…
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are working on a new potential gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a rare form of muscular dystrophy that primarily affects…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the nonprofit groups Duchenne UK and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) have jointly awarded grant funding to the tune of $200,000 to Dr.…
According to a story from BioSpace, a global collaborative called the Trajectory Analysis Project recently released a study that utilized the North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA), a recently developed measurement…
According to a story from 10tv.com, Kelly Maynard could be hear cheering loudly from the sidelines as her son Jackson, aged 12, scored a touchdown in one of his middle…
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The accelerated approval granted by the FDA for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug eteplirsen, developed by Sarepta Therapeutics, was granted only after internal disagreements and protests had been resolved.…
According to a story from Financial Buzz, the Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) recently received an award in research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award is in…
According to a story from Xconomy, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made a controversial decision three years ago when it approved the drug eteplirsen as a treatment for…
According to a press release from the San Francisco-based FibroGen, Inc., the first patient has been dosed in the Company's phase 3 clinical study of the experimental drug pamrevlumab for…
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common, yet severe, form of muscular dystrophy, a group of rare neuromuscular disorders. DMD is caused by mutations in the gene that codes…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the drug company Pfizer has recently presented data from its phase 1b clinical trial that tested the company's experimental gene therapy PF-06939926, which is…
According to a story from blog.cincinnatichildrens.org, a diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is always an alarming piece of news; learning that your child has a progressive muscle atrophy disorder that…
According to a story from westernmassnews.com, the community of Monson, Massachusetts is coming together to support Jason Harris and his family. Jason is ten years old and lives with Duchenne…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the specialty pharmaceutical company Santhera Pharmaceuticals recently announced that it has submitted its marketing application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its drug…
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