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Editorial
. 2020 Sep 14;6(3):00377-2020.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00377-2020. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Access to medicines for rare diseases: beating the drum for primary ciliary dyskinesia

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Editorial

Access to medicines for rare diseases: beating the drum for primary ciliary dyskinesia

Suzanne Crowley et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

Primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare disease causing bronchiectasis, lacks a sound evidence base for treatment. @beatpcd proposes 1) forming a PCD European clinical trial network to address this situation and 2) conducting n-of-1 trials to access medication. https://bit.ly/3j5blfM.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: S. Crowley has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: I. Azevedo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Boon reports grants from Horizon 2020 MyCyFAPP and KOOR post-doctoral funding from University Hospital Leuven, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: A. Bush has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Eber has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Haarman has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Karadag has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K. Kötz has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Leigh reports a primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) research grant from the National Institutes of Health and a grant for a PCD clinical trial from Parion Sciences, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: A. Moreno-Galdó reports support for travel to and registration for medical conferences from Actelion, Abbvie and Novartis, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: H. Mussaffi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: K.G. Nielsen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: H. Omran has nothing to disclose Conflict of interest: J-F. Papon has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Pohunek reports grants from the Ministry of Health, Czech Republic, during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: K. Priftis has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Rindlisbacher has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Santamaria has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Valiulis has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Witt has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Yiallouros has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Z. Zivkovic has nothing to disclose Conflict of interest: C.E. Kuehni reports grants from Swiss National Science Foundation during the conduct of the study. Conflict of interest: J.S. Lucas has nothing to disclose.

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