Listen to a talk about the sibling perspective and the support available with Emily Holl, the Director of the Sibling Support Project. Emily is a social worker, writer, trainer, and sibling. Over the past 16 years, she has provided workshops, training, and groups for...
On June 30, 2022, The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) issued a Notice and Comment on its proposed approach for reviewing the prices of patented medicines during the period between the coming into force of the recently amended...
Want to find out more about anaesthesia and how it relates to rare diseases? OrphanAnesthesia publishes anaesthesia recommendations for rare diseases in order to facilitate the work of anaesthesiologists and to improve patients’ safety. This a project of the...
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the United States has approved adding MPS II as a condition to the recommended uniform screening panel (RUSP) for newborns. This enables several states to begin testing newborns immediately. Early diagnosis...
In our March edition we reported that Abeona Therapeutics had decided to end enrollment for their clinical trial for MPS IIIA children. We are now happy to share that Ultragenyx will be taking over the clinical trials for AAV gene therapy ABO-102 (now UX111). “Based...
We are excited to share the news that REGENXBIO Inc. has announced its intention to file a Biologics License Application (BLA) in 2024 using the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway for the treatment of Hunter Syndrome, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II). The...
