West of Mpls MN about 50 miles on Hwy 12 | Nope, but other things can and have slowed the progression of his MS. From my conversations with my friend, it's my understanding that stem cell therapy has shown a lot of promise in the treatment/"cure" of certain types of MS...RFKJR seems to agree with my friend.
RFK Jr looks to alter rare disease regulation by fast-tracking drug approvals
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-looks-alter-rare-125349200.htm...
The US department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will look at new ways of fast-tracking approval of drugs for rare diseases, as health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (RFK Jr) called out the current US healthcare landscape that profits from life-long treatments.
“We are going to continue to figure out new ways of accelerating approvals for rare disease drugs and treatments. We are going to make this country the hub of biotechnology innovation,” RFK Jr said during a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) roundtable on cell and gene therapy on 5 June.
RFK Jr did not question their importance, and acknowledged panellists’ calls for faster regulatory processes.
“The challenge is how do we make these advances scalable and affordable,” the NIH director said.
Bhattacharya said that cell and gene therapy products are financially acceptable based on life-long models for a patient. Treatments have been criticised for their ultra-high price point, often costing millions of dollars, though evidence suggests that this is still less than the financial burden the disease creates over a patient’s lifetime.
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