Caregivers’ Experiences With Frontotemporal Dementia

Tiffany Chow, MD, Behavioral Neurologist, Vice President of Clinical Development at Alector, discusses a survey conducted to better understand caregivers’ experiences With frontotemporal dementia (FTD).     FTDs are a group of neurodegenerative disorders...

Efficacy of Vosoritide in Genetic Skeletal Conditions

Andrew Dauber, MD, Chief of Endocrinology at Children’s National Hospital, discusses data presented on the efficacy of vosoritide in genetic skeletal conditions.   Disease Overview Achondroplasia is a rare skeletal disorder that prevents the changing of cartilage...

FDA Approves First Treatment for Niemann Pick Type C

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Miplyffa (arimoclomol) for the treatment of Niemann Pick type C (NPC), the first approved therapy for this indication. NPC is a rare lysosomal disorder characterized by variable clinical signs, depending on the age of...