Lauren Taylor
31 posts




One thing I think would really help patient communities is a better understanding of FDA’s role. What does FDA actually do? What does it not do? What does “approval” really mean? What does “making a drug available” actually mean? Patients need to understand this process more clearly so we can advocate more effectively and have a better relationship with FDA. We have to know each other in order to help each other. I’d love for someone with real regulatory/medical experience to explain this simply for my fellow patients.











Great, another @johnarnold bought and paid for shill at CBER. Come on Congress, stop this already and put @us_fda back on the proper track. After what they did to the HD community with @uniQure_NV $QURE AMT130 plus decisions on other rare diseases, get John Arnold's influence out of this once respected agency. @SenRonJohnson @SenRickScott @RepAuchincloss @houmanhemmati @adamfeuerstein @l_e_whyte @temple_west @laurencurehd @JRenz0418 @rachelreising96 @BeckyQuick @MariaBartiromo @bradloncar @docrodwong @LuckyPenguin10 @SECGov @johnarnold @DrMakaryFDA @VPrasadMDMPH @POTUS @SenateAging @SenBillCassidy @SenRandPaul @WhiteHouse @SusieWiles @StevenCheung47 @StevenCheung @Scavino47 @PressSec @SecKennedy @MariaBartiromo @RickSantorum @FoxNews @bariweiss @60Minutes @CNBC @WSJopinion @WSJ @statnews @BillAckman @Loftus @MartinShkreli


A message for the #FDA from Katie Jackson 📧Bringing awareness of the unmet needs of the #HD / #JHD community as we continue to fight for a #cure/treatment💙💜💙Share these videos for #HDAwarenessMonth !~ #Help4HD #Day2 Submit video help4hd.org/events-1/hd-aw…

Grace Science’s experience highlights a growing disconnect at FDA between talk and action on therapies for rare diseases. Despite efficacy signals in a monogenic ultrarare disease, FDA said the plausible mechanism framework is not available, and requires a new manufacturing run—potentially delaying approval by years and condemning patients to irreversible decline and death, and threatening the company’s survival. More (no paywall): biocentury.com/article/659327


Scientists under political pressure from Makary have shared their concerns through my office’s whistleblower channel. Here are a few: "I was pressured into withholding a recommendation for approval for a drug that was intended for a rare disease by Dr. Prasad and other FDA leadership"... "Direct lobbying to the Commissioner's office [is] a smart and productive business practice for companies to get what they want."





