The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), the leading independent nonprofit organization representing the more than 25 million Americans with rare diseases, issued the following statement in response to upcoming congressional consideration of the Build Back Better Act in the House Committee on Ways and Means:
Peter Saltonstall, CEO and President… Read More
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) and EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe share the global concern that diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to address COVID-19 be developed expeditiously. NORD and EURORDIS represent the 30 million people in the US and 30 million people in the EU living with rare diseases, individuals disproportionately… Read More
Washington, D.C., May 30, 2018—The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) today launched RareInsights™, its new initiative to expand public knowledge of rare diseases and translate that knowledge into real-world solutions for patients and families, and kicked off the program with the infographic 5… Read More
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2017—Data released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that 9 of the 22 new medications approved in 2016, or 41 percent, are orphan drugs to treat rare diseases.
“The percentage of orphan drugs approved in recent years by FDA remains high and this is welcome news for the 30… Read More
Desiree Lyon Howe lived for 10 years in excruciating pain before being diagnosed with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP). She was finally diagnosed at the National Institutes of Health where what would become the first therapy approved as orphan drug, Panhematin®, saved her life. Upon… Read More
