Miriam Mwachinga: Let’s Focus More on Rare Diseases and Their Impact on Quality of Life
Miriam Mwachinga, General Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Medical Affairs at Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceutical Ind, shared on LinkedIn:
”One of my college professors once made a comment that has stayed with me over the years.
Diseases that affect 1 in a million often seem insignificant, but the impact on your quality of life if you are that 1 person in a million is huge.
Rare diseases tend to be overlooked because the cost: benefit ratio doesn’t make economic sense when it comes to drug development, but that doesn’t make them any less significant.
Hemophilia A is the most common genetic X-linked disease, but still far behind when it comes to clinical research.
With Rare Disease Day coming up later this month, let’s all focus a bit more on rare diseases.”

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