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
Washington, DC, March 25, 2021—The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) today announced the findings of a new study that details the number of orphan products, generics and biosimilars available to treat rare diseases. NORD commissioned Avalere to conduct the analysis to… Read More
NORD is deeply concerned about the “Promising Pathway Act” recently introduced in both the Senate and the House. Contrary to the stated goal of giving patients with serious and life-threatening diseases a “chance at receiving meaningful treatments,” this legislation, by its own terms, would lower FDA’s approval standards, exposing patients… 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
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An essay by NORD President and CEO Peter L. Saltonstall on the Orphan Drug Act is featured in Congressional Quarterly Researcher’s Conquering Rare Diseases special issue.
“Rare disease patients cannot afford to return to the early 1980s. The more than 25 million rare disease patients in the United States are counting… Read More
