The following story was submitted by Jenny Malec in honor of June’s Rare Spotlight, Appendix Cancer and Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP). In this story, Jenny reflects on her life-changing experience after undergoing a clinical trial for ACPMP. A special thanks to NORD’s… Read More
Washington, D.C., September 11, 2018—The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), the leading independent nonprofit organization representing the 30 million Americans with rare diseases, has announced the addition of ten new rare disease registries, made possible through a multi-year grant award from Shire.
NORD’s IAMRARETM Registry Program provides a web-based tool… Read More
Debra Miller co-founded CureDuchenne in 2003 with her husband, Paul, after their only son was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. With a background in sales and marketing, she leads CureDuchenne and has funded seven research projects that have advanced to human clinical trials, three of which are the… Read More
The following statement was issued by Peter L. Saltonstall, President and CEO of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), on yesterday’s approval of the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act (S. 139) in the United States House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives echoed the U.S. Senate and… Read More
A win for the rare disease community
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 (S 139), which NORD has supported. The bill would make permanent the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009 (IACT). Without… Read More
