The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

Database Subscriptions

Many libraries, schools, universities, and hospitals subscribe to NORD’s Rare Disease Database for unlimited access to reports on more than 1,200 diseases.

Index of Rare Diseases

This is the list of diseases currently covered in the Rare Disease Database.

Rare Disease Database

Search this database for reports on more than 1,200 diseases.

View sample report

Index of Organizations

This is the list of organizations in NORD’s Organizational Database.

Organizational Database

Read about more than 2,000 patient organizations and other sources of help.

NORD's
Washington Office

Check here to read about events on Capitol Hill, funding for rare-disease research, and other topics of interest from NORD's office in Washington, DC.

 

 

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  Summit 2009 Power Point Presentations

Improving Treatment for Rare Diseases

Sol J. Barer, PhD

Chairman and CEO, Celgene 

 

 

 

 

 

Driving Innovation - FDA's Critical Path Initiative

Rachel E. Behrman
MD, MPH

Associate Commissioner for Clinical Programs

Food and Drug Administration

 

  

A New Public-Private Partnership Model for Rare and Neglected Disease Therapeutics

Francis S. Collins MD,PhD

 

 

 

 

       

Drug Approval Standard: Application to Rare Diseases

John K. Jenkins, MD

Director, Office of New Drugs

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accelerating Innovation for Rare Diseases

Emil D. Kakkis
MD, PhD

President and Founder, Kakkis EveryLife Foundation

Former Chief Medical Officer, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

 

 

  

 

Challenges Faced by Industry

David Meeker, MD

Executive Vice President, Therapeutics, Biosurgery and Transplant

Genzyme

 

 

 

 

 

         

Balancing Safety and Access

Daniel G. Schultz, MD

Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Food and Drug Administration 

 

 

 

 

Proposal to Accelerate Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases

Janet Woodcock, MD

Director, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

 

 

 

 

  

 

CBER's Role in Development of Products for Rare Diseases  

Robert A.Yetter PhD

Associate Director for Review Management

FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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