In what is seen as a step in the right direction, the government has hiked the grant for rare disease treatment from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh as per a new office memorandum issued on May 19, 2022 by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Rare Diseases Cell, New Delhi. InRead more
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Nine-month-old Advik Pravin Deshmukh from Maharashtra has been battling Propionic Acidemia – an ultra-rare disorder. It leaves one with a serious and life-threatening inherited metabolic disorder. For Advik Pravin, the diagnosis of this rare metabolic disease can be termed to have happened on time as there is more likelihood of this ultra-rare disease not gettingRead more
There seem to be wide gaps in the FDA approval process as clinical trials data of 220 approved Orphan Drugs for rare diseases go missing in the US-based public registry ClinicalTrials.gov, finds a new study by three Indian researchers. The research study was undertaken by a three-member team of Mohua Chakraborty Choudhury, Indraneel Chakraborty andRead more
Known otherwise as Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS), Sleeping Beauty Syndrome is known to be one of the extremely rarest of rare diseases with medical literature recording only about 500 cases around the world. In this rare condition, the body craves excessive sleep for 15-20 hours (hypersomnolence or hypersomnia) and overeating (compulsive hyperphagia) with accompanying neurological tendenciesRead more
Despite being born with the rare genetic disorder Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), 15-year-old K S S R A Praneeth managed to carve a niche for himself in chess for the disabled. He is a former junior national chess champion for the disabled and has been awarded a special prize for his ‘skills’ in the BrilliantRead more
Reproduced below is the letter written to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji by IORD requesting for inclusion of World Rare Disease Day as a topic in the upcoming Mann Ki Baat Dear Shri Narendra Modi ji Sir, Sub: Request Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji to speak to the nation on the occasion ofRead more
In a historic first, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution for “Addressing the challenges of persons living with a rare disease and their families” at its 76th Session on December 16, 2021. The landmark resolution – which calls UN member states to achieve universal health coverage by 2030 for all including persons living withRead more
It is a herculean task to get insurance cover for rare diseases as they don’t usually exist for such patients. With over 7000-8000 rare diseases, some of which have a costly treatment protocol while many others have no available cure at all, it becomes all the more difficult. Here is a news story that mayRead more