
According to the open letter, the delay in rolling out the proposed ₹ 974 crore national programme on rare diseases…
The therapy is a critical treatment option for various life-threatening disease. Earlier, GST on gene therapy was set at 12…
By definition, each individual disease affects fewer than 200,000 people; however, there are more than 7,000 of these often-debilitating conditions.
The French drugmakers have launched groundbreaking medicines for Gaucher disease, Pompe disease, Fabry disease, mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) and acid…
On average, a Person with Haemophilia A (PwHA) experiences 30-35 bleeds a year. Each bleed is said to reduce 15…
In India, diagnosing and treating rare diseases presents a multitude of challenges rooted in limited awareness, insufficient diagnostic infrastructure, and…
In the vast population of India, rare diseases are often overlooked, and a silent struggle persists surrounding the diagnosis and…
According to the doctors, mature cystic teratomas are commonly found in the gonadal tissues and in the head and neck…
India faces a significant healthcare financing challenge, with a substantial annual gap of $72 billion due to exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses,…
According to the government, this exemption will result in substantial cost savings and provide much-needed relief to the patients.
World Rare Disease Day,28 Feb 2023: Some of the rare diseases prevalent in India include Gaucher’s disease, Pompe disease, Fabry…
In a press statement, the company also announced that this rare disease day, AstraZeneca is also joining hands with the…
World Rare Disease Day 2023: According to health experts, only 5 percent of rare diseases worldwide are treatable.
One in every 7,744 live births, or roughly 3,200 Indian infants each year, are found to have SMA in India.
In 2020 China established the National Rare Diseases Registry System (NRDRS), which aims to unify rare disease registries into one…
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic condition that causes swelling in different parts of the body like limbs, face,…
Typically, the cost of a clinical trial for a new drug for rare disease would be at least $ 200…
As resources are limited, there is a macroeconomic allocation dilemma due to the opportunity cost of funding rare disease treatment,…