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Summary of Edition of 06 July 2017

EURORDIS publishes its position on improving Compassionate Use Programmes to ensure patients’ early access to medicines

Orphanet publishes the results of its annual users' survey

Thalassemias in South Asia: clinical lessons learnt from Bangladesh

Management of rare diseases of the Head, Neck and Teeth: results of a French population-based prospective 8-year study

Publication of the report on the 3rd conference on European Reference Networks

EMA recommends Oxervate for the treatment of moderate or severe neurotrophic keratitis

FDA approves drug to specifically treat giant cell arteritis

Ten years of the Hunter Outcome Survey (HOS): insights, achievements, and lessons learned from a global patient registry

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OrphaNews, The Newsletter of the Rare Diseases Community.
OrphaNews is supported by the European Commission's DG SANTE (RD-ACTION Joint Action N° 677024) and the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM)
Editor-in-chief: Kate Bushby, Ana Rath
Editor: Divya Unni
Editor for Scientific Content: Sophie Höhn
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