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How One Patient Organization Catalyzed Drug Development
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Monica Coenraads, the mother of a daughter with Rett Syndrome, has played a critical role in catalyzing development of therapies to treat the rare, neurological disease. She co-founded and served as director of research for the Rett Syndrome Research Foundation. She later founded and today serves as CEO of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust. Her work shows how patient organizations can bridge the translational divide and de-risk rare disease drug development for biopharmaceutical companies. We spoke to Coenraads about her experience with Rett syndrome as a mother of a daughter with the condition, how she crafted a scientific agenda for the organizations she founded, and what other rare disease organizations can learn from her experience.
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Manage episode 440669347 series 60790
Monica Coenraads, the mother of a daughter with Rett Syndrome, has played a critical role in catalyzing development of therapies to treat the rare, neurological disease. She co-founded and served as director of research for the Rett Syndrome Research Foundation. She later founded and today serves as CEO of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust. Her work shows how patient organizations can bridge the translational divide and de-risk rare disease drug development for biopharmaceutical companies. We spoke to Coenraads about her experience with Rett syndrome as a mother of a daughter with the condition, how she crafted a scientific agenda for the organizations she founded, and what other rare disease organizations can learn from her experience.
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