High drug costs: the tale of 4 women
In 2016, Berna Heyman testified before a U.S. Senate committee about her personal experience with sudden and dramatic increases in drug prices. She was forced to switch drugs to treat her [...]
98-year-old drug inventor chastises pharma for “behaving badly”
By: Rhonda Rowland, WDA PresidentBy: Rhonda Rowland, WDA President I’ve spent my career reporting medical news. It’s an important topic to me because I live with my own health [...]
1983: The 35th Anniversary
This is the 35th anniversary of 1983 – an important year in my life. And, for anyone living with a rare disease. It was a year full of historic landmarks, too: the [...]
How a Chance Conversation Led Me to a New Treatment
You never know when a chance conversation will change the course of your life. It was the year 2000, and I was attending the International Health and Medical Media Awards, better known [...]
It’s Penicillamine, Not Penicillin!
You've heard of penicillin, right? It was one of the first antibiotics – and is still one of the most widely used. It has saved millions of lives since it was discovered, [...]