At the very end of March 2021, specialty pharmaceuticals company JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. ("JCR") shared that its investigational drug candidate JR-171 received Orphan Drug designation from the European Medicines…
According to BioSpace, Homology Medicines has released the first round of data from the clinical trials of HMI-203, a gene therapy being developed for the treatment of Hunter syndrome, also…
According to a story from Markets Insider, the biotechnology company REGENXBIO Inc. has recently released data from its phase 1/2 clinical trial. This is interim data from cohorts 1 and…
Welcome to the Rare Classroom, a new series from Patient Worthy. Rare Classroom is designed for the curious reader who wants to get informed on some of the rarest, most…
In late October 2020, Homology Medicines ("Homology") announced its development of a new gene therapy program to treat patients with MPS II, or Hunter syndrome. Homology's mission is to meet…
According to a story from PR Newswire, the biotechnology company REGENXBIO Inc. has recently announced plans to expand its RGX-121 developmental program. RGX-121 is being developed as a potential one-time…
May 15th is recognized each year as Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Awareness Day. The goal of this day is to help spread awareness about this group of diseases among the general public…
Sanofi There are an estimated 350 million rare disease patients across the world. Many conditions still don't have treatments. However, there are scientists dedicating their lives solely to this endeavor.…
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On February 3, 2020, twenty-seven newly installed flags of the European Union stood in the gleaming lobby of the new European Medicines Agency (EMA) headquarters in Amsterdam. The Charcot-Marie-Tooth…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Inventiva is scheduled to present the findings from a recent phase IIa clinical trial at the upcoming 16th Annual WorldSymposium™ which is…
The gleaming new Dutch headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), fronting Domenico Scarlattilaan in Amsterdam’s suburban Zuidas business district, finally opened for business last month — just over two…
According to a story from BioBuzz, the innovation of a platform for the delivery of gene therapies could help trigger a golden age of development for this new class of…
Inventiva has recently completed Phase IIa of their clinical trial of odiparcil, a drug made for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI). Iventiva is very excited about the…
A recent meta-analyses of clinical studies and case reports that examined the safety of idursulfase therapy, which is an enzyme therapy, has shown that this form of treatment is…
East Anglia's Children's Hospices in Norfolk, U.K., has recently opened up its new facilities after renovations. To celebrate this opening, Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, visited and spoke…
According to a story from governmenteuropa.eu, Professor Susanne Kircher, who is associated with the Austrian MPS Society and the Medical University of Vienna, writes about the state of rare diseases…
According to a story from Benzinga, the biopharmaceutical company Inventiva has recently announced that it has recruited the first patients in a study of biomarkers in Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. The study…
According to a story from sectorpublishingintelligence.co.uk, the biopharmaceutical company Orchard Therapeutics recently announced the release of some data from an ongoing proof-of-concept study. This special trial is testing the company's…
The Isaac Foundation The Isaac Foundation was established by a man named Andrew McFadyen. He created the organization in 2007 in honor of his son who is diagnosed with the rare…
According to a story from forextv.com, the biopharmaceutical company Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. has recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted their Investigational New Drug (IND)…
According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company CANBridge Pharmaceuticals announced that it has recently submitted a New Drug Application with China's National Medicinal Products Administration (NMPA) for its…
According to a publication from ET Healthworld, some 21 rare disease patients in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh are still awaiting governmental financial assistance to which they are legally…
According to a press release from the French biotechnology company Inventiva, the company has completed recruitment for a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating its experimental mucopolysaccharidosis VI drug, odiparcil. About…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Denali Therapeutics, Inc. has recently announced that its experimental product candidate DNL310, which is currently being developed as a treatment for…
According to a publication from BioPortfolio, China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA — similar to the American FDA) recently approved BioMarin's mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA drug Vimizim for use in the…
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