On May 13^th the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) released a report on incorporating patient preferences into the FDA’s benefit/risk assessments. It was much anticipated by PPMD as we continue our “aggressive engagement” with the FDA and industry trial sponsors. The report is full of really…

This started as a blog about the second publication on PPMD’s benefit/risk study, which was published in late December in a journal called The Patient (and more on that later). But something remarkable happened this week that helps frame…

PPMD is proud to announce a collaboration with Santhera Pharmaceuticals on a benefit/risk study that will focus specifically on patient and caregiver preferences regarding pulmonary therapies in the disease, and will be based on data from Santhera’s successful phase III clinical trial of idebenone. One of the recommendations in our community’s…

You may be thinking, “An informed consent document? No way do I want to read one of those!” But you can demonstrate the power of our community and help us write a more understandable, responsible informed consent for our community’s registry.

As many of you know, DuchenneConnect was…