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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Telegraph staff wishes Natalie Fanning a safe journey to New York
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
BLUEFIELD — Natalie Fanning, retail sales manager of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, is headed to New York City again to participate in a nationwide effort to increase awareness of histiocytosis, a group of rare diseases characterized by an abnormal ...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Feb. 29: International Underlings Day, Deerfield Massacre Anniversary, Surf ...
Yahoo! Contributors Network
Rare Disease Day promotes awareness about rare diseases. In the US, a disease or disorder is "considered rare when it affects fewer than 200000 Americans at any given time. Facts about Rare Diseases according to Rare Disease Day: * Most of these rare ...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

As Many as One in Ten Americans Suffer from a Rare Disease
PR Web (press release)
In the US, a rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200000 people. According to the National Organization on Rare Disorders (NORD), nearly 7000 rare diseases affect nearly 30 million Americans. Many of these diseases make it impossible for people ...

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Shire to boost Vpriv, Replagal with EMA-approved plant
FiercePharma
Shire's rare-disease challenge is heating up. The company won European approval for a US plant slated to produce Vpriv, a Gaucher disease treatment that aims to rival Genzyme's Cerezyme. The facility is still awaiting FDA approval, but it's another ...
Shire wins EU approval for Lexington facilityReuters
Shire Wins EU Backing for US Plant to Ease Drug ShortageBusinessWeek
Shire Gets European OK To Make Vpriv At New Massachusetts PlantWall Street Journal
MarketWatch (press release)
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Shire wins EU approval for Lexington facility
Reuters
LONDON Feb 22 (Reuters) - Shire said the European drugs regulator had given the go-ahead for it to make VPRIV, a Gaucher disease drug, at its new facility in Lexington, MA, a move that will help relieve a global shortage of treatment for the rare ...
Shire Wins EU Backing for U.S. Plant to Ease Drug ShortageBloomberg
Shire Wins EU Agency's Backing for Plant to Ease Drug ShortageBusinessWeek
Shire Gets European OK To Make Vpriv At New Massachusetts PlantWall Street Journal
MarketWatch (press release)
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Celiac.com
Dense Genotyping Pinpoints Numerous Common and Rare Variant Association ...
Celiac.com
Celiac.com 02/22/2012 - A research team recently conducted a dense genotyping non-HLA risk loci previously associated with immune-mediated diseases in individuals with celiac disease. The study was conducted under the auspices of the Genetics ...
Celiac patients have to watch their grainsThe Detroit News

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Butterfly Children: a rare and horrible disease
KVOA Tucson News
TUCSON - It could be the worst disease you'll ever see in children and it's rare. With this genetic disorder, the baby's skin is so sensitive and fragile it blisters and tears under the slightest pressure. A young couple contacted Kristi's Kids to ...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Health Agencies Update
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
... and Translational Science Awards, the Cures Acceleration Network, a Food and Drug Administration–NIH interagency partnership to accelerate the development and evaluation of therapies, and programs to study and develop therapies for rare diseases.
Rare Disease Day at NIH raises awareness and highlights cutting-edge researchPressZoom (press release)

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Newsday
Study: Viagra may help kids with rare, disfiguring disease
Newsday
Click here Study: Viagra may help kids with rare, disfiguring disease Published: February 21, 2012 9:20 AM By ERIN ALLDAY San Francisco Chronicle Stanford researchers may have discovered a drug for a rare and often untreatable disease that leaves ...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

WLTX.com
SC parents charged after teen with disorder dies
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
AP SUMMERVILLE, SC -- Relatives say they are puzzled that the parents of a 13-year-old Summerville boy with a rare disease have been charged with murder. His stepfather, 29-year-old Jason Monroe Buckely and the teen's mother, 31-year-old Kimberly Marie ...
Summerville parents arrested in death of 13-year-old sonCharleston Post Courier

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