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Goodwin’s 2025 Rare Disease Symposium: Momentum Builds for Addressing Critical Diagnosis and Treatment Gaps

Attendees at this year’s symposium were optimistic about the potential for progress, citing momentum from new FDA initiatives, growing legislative support, and increased global innovation in research and development. These efforts, alongside increased patient advocacy and a presidential administration focused on speeding patient access, could lead to significant advances in…

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Goodwin Invites You to Join Us For Our Rare Disease Symposium 2025

Goodwin’s Life Sciences team is excited to host its Annual Rare Disease Symposium in Boston on February 5, 2025. Participants are invited to join for an afternoon of engaging fireside chats, inspirational presentations, and networking with peers in the rare disease community.   Please see the agenda below and register to…

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New Momentum for a Time-Limited Conditional Approval Pathway for Rare Disease Drugs

On October 4, 2024, a US House version of the revised Promising Pathway Act (PPA) 2.0 was introduced, sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR). The bill (H.R.9938) mirrors a US Senate version that was introduced in May 2024 (S.4426) that would authorize the US Food  and Drug Administration (FDA) to…

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NORD Annual Breakthrough Summit

In October, NORD will also hold its annual Breakthrough Summit in Washington, DC on October 20-22, 2024.  This event draws over 1,000 attendees including patients/caregivers, patient advocacy organizations, and healthcare, biotech, and medical technology companies.  Registration is available here. This year, Matt Wetzel will take part in a panel discussion…

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Recent FDA Initiatives to Support Development of Individualized Cell and Gene Therapies and Rare Disease Therapies

Last month, FDA issued a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking information and comments from interested stakeholders regarding “critical scientific challenges and opportunities to advance the development of individualized cellular and gene therapies (CGTs).” Individualized CGTs are therapies “developed for a single patient (or a very small…

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Leveraging Investigator-Initiated Trials in Rare Disease Drug Development

Investigators interested in rare disease treatment development have the opportunity to approach drug and biologic developers to obtain investigational drug supply for trials in which the investigators, typically at academic institutions, act as sponsor-investigators. Similarly, companies open to extending their product development pipelines can look to investigator-initiated trials as a…

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