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Senior Director, Patient Advocacy at BIO

More than 95% of all #rarediseases lack any FDA-approved treatment options, and bringing a drug to market for a #raredisease is an inherently complicated and risky endeavor. That is where pilot programs like the Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare disease Therapeutics (START) Pilot Program come in, promising to potentially shave off years of the #drugdevelopment pipeline. #FDA announced the first pilot program participants earlier this week, offering much-needed hope to the 7 associated rare disease patient communities - and ultimately to everyone in the rare space who will be able to benefit from the shared learnings. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eeJYSsMA

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