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#RAREis Representation Program Promotes Equity, Diversity

Horizon Therapeutics has launched its #RAREis Representation program aimed at increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion among patients with rare diseases. There are about 400 million people worldwide living with a rare disease; for many of them, access to diagnosis, care, and treatments can be challenging. Accessing better care depends on…

Ferrer Will Market Tyvaso for PH-ILD in More Countries

Ferrer has acquired exclusive rights to commercialize Tyvaso (inhaled treprostinil) for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) outside North America, Japan, China, and Israel. The therapy, developed by United Therapeutics, is currently approved for that indication only in the U.S.,…

Rare Disease Day Panel Opens Window to Patient Experience

Bionews, the publisher of this website, hosted a virtual panel discussion on Rare Disease Day 2022, taking a deeper dive into what it’s like to live with a rare disease, including conversations about advocacy, mental health, survivor’s guilt, treatment of minority patients, and more. The Monday event, “A…