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