It Was All a Dream

Editor's Note: Patient Worthy is honored to share Michelle Patidar's patient story, provided to us by our friends at Elephants & Tea. To see the article in its original format,…

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From Cancer Treatment to Childhood Health: How Foresee’s Injectable Drug Addresses a Rare Pediatric Challenge

When pharmaceutical companies develop medications for serious diseases like prostate cancer, few anticipate how those treatments might transform care for entirely different patient populations. Yet, according to FiercePharma.com, Foresee Pharmaceuticals…

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CRISPR Therapeutics Shares Promising Updates on Zugo-cel in Autoimmune and Oncology Trials

CRISPR Therapeutics has announced encouraging early results for zugocaptagene geleucel (zugo-cel), its investigational allogeneic CAR T therapy targeting CD19, in both autoimmune diseases and hematologic malignancies. Autoimmune Disease Progress In…

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Chiesi Group Partners with Aliada Therapeutics to Advance Blood-Brain Barrier Technology for Rare Diseases

Chiesi Group has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with Aliada Therapeutics, a subsidiary of AbbVie, to develop therapies that can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs).…

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Jim Wilson’s Pioneering Journey: Transforming Rare Disease Treatment Through Innovative Gene Therapy Part 2

Please go HERE to read Part 1 of this article The company, GEMMABIO, will pursue a number of rare, large indications.  A new spinout, RareTx, will be dedicated to Orphan…

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Breakthrough FDA Approval Offers First-Ever Treatment for Life-Threatening Mitochondrial Energy Disorder

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved UCB's Kygevvi, marking a historic milestone for patients with thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d), an ultra-rare inherited mitochondrial disorder that has lacked…

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Jim Wilson’s Pioneering Journey: Transforming Rare Disease Treatment Through Innovative Gene Therapy Part 1

As noted in a recent article published in Inside Precision Medicine, in 1992 gene therapy was often discussed but seldom practiced.  When Jim Wilson MD, PhD attended Penn State, gene…

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