In 1992, Elsa Burgos and her husband, living in Puerto Rico at the time, welcomed a new addition to their lives: their daughter Nicole. The pair were thrilled to have…
On July 30, 2021, biopharmaceutical company Cyclo Therapeutics shared that it had released new and promising data regarding the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of Trappsol® Cyclo™ ("Trappsol Cyclo") for patients with…
According to a story from MarketWatch, the biotechnology company Cyclo Therapeutics announced that is has proceeded with the enrollment for its phase 3 clinical trial. This trial will evaluate an…
In the past, arimoclomol has not always shown treatment promise. For example, the drug failed to meet primary or secondary endpoints in a clinical trial evaluating arimoclomol for patients with…
Three people in the state of Indiana live with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC), and Audrey Mischler is one of them according to WTHI-TV 10. She was diagnosed very recently,…
According to a story from Scary Mommy, mother Sara McGlockin recently received devastating news: the drug that was successfully treating her five year old daughter Marian was being discontinued in…
Marian McGlockin was eighteen months old when she was diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C disease, a rare and fatal disorder. Marian could barely speak and was unable to walk. According…
IntraBio has recently launched an extension study of their Phase II trial of IB1001, a treatment for Niemann-Pick disease Type C. This decision was made shortly after analyzing the positive…
Purnell was Taylor and Sam Sabky’s first child, and they couldn’t have been more excited for his arrival and the pregnancy and delivery happened without any major issues. For the…
According to Newswise, data from a recent clinical trial evaluating IB1001 for patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) shows the therapy as effective, safe, and well-tolerated. Sponsored by biopharmaceutical…
Dr. Justin Hopkin's son Garrett was born happy and healthy, but when he was around four to six months old, his parents began to notice some problems. Garrett was having…
Orphazyme has recently submitted their New Drug Application to the FDA for their Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) treatment, arimoclomol. This application comes after the biopharmaceutical company was already granted…
According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Orphazyme A/S has recently announced that it has submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for its experimental treatment arimoclomol to the…
CytRx Corporation has recently received the Fast Track designation for their ALS treatment, arimoclomol. This status was also given for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease and sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis…
Orphazyme, a biopharmaceutical company, has recently released the data from their study of arimoclomol. This product is meant for the treatment of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC). Orphazyme specializes…
According to a story from BioSpace, the gene therapy companies Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. and StrideBio, Inc. have recently announced the completion of a licensing and collaboration agreement that could lead…
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According to a recent article published by the University of California San Francisco, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare neurological disease affecting young boys. PMD fatalities may occur before the child…
According to a press release from Danish biopharmaceutical company Orphazyme, the Company intents to proceed with a marketing authorisation application (MAA) for its experimental Niemann-Pick disease type C treatment arimoclomol.…
Extended Collaboration Amicus Therapeutics has just announced that they are expanding their collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine for the next five years. This collaboration is…
The State of Rare Diseases in China The Illness Challenge Foundation (ICF) is an organization devoted to easing the burdens that rare disease patients living in China face. They accomplish this…
A study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases monitored the long-term progression of 16 patients that had Niemann-Pick Disease type B. The study served to gather important observational data…
The first step in treating rare diseases is accurately diagnosing them. Unfortunately far too many people go years without knowing what is going wrong in their body. Doctors are trained…
According to a story from labiotech.eu, the biotechnology company Orphazyme has been developing an experimental therapy for Niemann-Pick disease type C. In a recent Phase 2/3 clinical trial, the investigational…
According to a story from the Tenterfield Star, a fundraiser was recently held for Tommy Johnston, a one year old boy who was diagnosed with the rare Niemann-Pick disease type…
Niemann-Pick Disease is a genetic lysosomal storage disease. Lipids accumulate in the lysosomes of cells, causing debilitating symptoms. There are three forms of the disease- A, B, and C. Each…
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