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Sponsored genetic testing programs are under fire, further complicating life for people with rare diseases
Publisher: Stat
Alabama will screen newborns for more rare diseases thanks to Foley teen, family and advocates
Publisher: AL.com
Biomarker breakthrough unleashes MPS therapies
Publisher: BioCentury
The rare pediatric disease voucher program creates new treatments. I have new data to prove it
Publisher: Stat
The FDA could help save my son from a rare disease
Publisher: WSJ
Too many treatable diseases go unnoticed. This could change that.
Publisher: Washington Post
"Bootcamp" helps rare disease advocates learn the ropes of drug development
Publisher: PharmaVoice
The FDA is at a crossroads on cell and gene therapies
Publisher: Stat
Aduhelm's accelerated approval offers a promising roadmap for rare neurological diseases
Publisher: Stat
Three misconceptions about the accelerated drug approval pathway
Publisher: Stat
My son’s time is running out due to a rare disease. The FDA needs to add more clinical trial flexibility
Publisher: Beyond Batten Disease Foundation
Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution
Publisher: Stat
‘We’ve exhausted all avenues’: A small biotech may give up on its ultra-rare disease drug over frustration with FDA
Publisher: Stat
Rare-disease doctors support expanded newborn genomic screening, survey finds
Publisher: Stat
"No magic bullet": For drugmakers and the FDA, clinical trials on ultra-rare diseases pose thorny challenges
Publisher: Stat
My granddaughter’s devastating rare disease deserves attention, too
Publisher: Seattle Times
The FDA is failing children with a rare, neglected disease sometimes called "childhood dementia"
Publisher: Salon
Compassion or Cop-out?
Publisher: Real Clear Health
Does the orphan drug act need a tune-up?
Publisher: Pink Sheet
Accelerated approval in the US: It really is rare outside of oncology
Publisher: Pink sheet
Impasse at US FDA could mean stealth abandons Barth syndrome treatment
Publisher: Pink Citeline
Recommendations for the development of rare disease drugs using the accelerated approval pathway and for qualifying biomarkers as primary endpoints
Publisher: Orphanet journal of rare diseases
The future of medicine is unfolding before us. Are we nurturing It?
Publisher: NYT
The Barth syndrome foundation delivers petition to FDA advocating for a fair, equitable and appropriate review of the only potential treatment for Barth syndrome
Publisher: Not Too Rare to Care
Sheffield family plead for help after drug trial for boy, 11, is abruptly stopped
Publisher: The Guardian
Patient group pushes FDA to take action on drug
Publisher: Global Genes
Accelerated approval will be 'the norm' for gene therapies, FDA's Peter Marks says
Publisher: Endpoints
The transformation of drug development for the 21st century: Time for a change
Publisher: Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
It takes an average of 8 years for a rare disease patient to get diagnosed. Why is it so hard to get life-altering genetic testing in the U.S.?
Publisher: Fortune
Rare disease trials can't find enough patients. It's forcing the FDA to rethink its approach.
Publisher: Endpoints
The burden of rare diseases: An economic evaluation
Publisher: Chiesi
Accelerating a path to new treatments for rare neuronopathic MPS diseases
Publisher: Biospace
Tiny biotech says its troubles make case for ultra-rare FDA pathway
Publisher: BioCentury
Hopes, fears for orphan drug act
Publisher: BioCentury
A new paradigm for ultra-rare diseases
Publisher: BioCentury
Drug providing hope for Arizona toddler with rare genetic disorder
Publisher: Arizona's family
Ultrarare inflection point: stakeholders argue for biomarker-based approvals
Publisher: BioCentury
Feds' Biotech Enforcement Efforts Are Too Heavy-Handed
Publisher: Law360
Rare Disease Spotlight: MPS & DMD
Publisher: BioCentury