Christopher F. Smith on Improving the Lives of Patients

Like PhRMA, improving the lives of people with arthritis is one of the cornerstones of the mission of the Arthritis Foundation.   The Foundation achieves this mission in several ways including help and support for people with arthritis, advocacy and access to critical medications, and research. Every day thousands of individuals with arthritis seek answers to a myriad of questions about this chronic, debilitating and incurable disease.   And they will seek those answers tomorrow, next week, next month and next year and beyond. As a 24/7 resource, the Arthritis Foundation is ready to provide answers.   In response to PhRMA report – Medicines in Development: Arthritis – we reached out to some Arthritis Foundation advocates to get their response to this question about how PhRMA can continue to be a leader in improving the lives of patients.    One of these advocates tells us that “early recognition of the disease and early treatment are keys to improving the lives of patients with arthritis and related diseases… We need to continue to advocate for more rheumatologists and health care providers trained in rheumatology and affordable access to treatments such as biologics (drugs),” said Pat M. - Loveland, OH.   Years ago arthritis treatments reduced joint inflammation but not disease progression that could ultimately lead to disability. Today disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are enabling disease remission.   And the future seems brighter.   With th...
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