Researchers have reported the first case of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) with chronic dry cough — caused by a less common mutation — in…
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Liver transplant or therapy with Pfizer‘s Vyndaqel (tafamidis) can substantially extend the lives of people with …
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) patients who carry the Val30Met mutation experience loss of sensation (numbness), especially sense of touch pressure, rather than heat pain…
The distortion and subsequent atrophy of cells in the peripheral nervous system, due to the accumulation and lengthening of amyloid fibrils, may be behind nerve…
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#NORDSummit – Major Issues on Table for Rare Disease Patients in US as Midterm Elections Approach
With the U.S. midterm elections now less than two weeks away, patient advocacy groups are solidly focused on a range of hot-button issues, from the…
Lack of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)-causing mutations in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) means that genetic screening for FAP in this…
Prices for Tegsedi (inotersen) and Onpattro (patisiran) far exceed thresholds for cost-effectiveness, despite their likely health benefits to people with…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Tegsedi (inotersen), by Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, for the treatment of adults with…
Tegsedi (inotersen), by Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, has been granted approval in Canada as a treatment for stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy…
Half a year has gone by since disgraced pharma executive Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for securities and wire fraud…
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