The latest news from PTC

The PTC team in Brazil recently won three awards for their creative and impactful projects highlighting the rare disease community. First Up: The documentary series, “Living is Rare” (“Viver é Raro”) won the SABRE América Latina 2023 Award. The series was recognized with the award in the Public Education category. The world’s leading award in Public Relations, SABRE celebrates creative…

Navigating a rare disease diagnosis and treatment can be overwhelming, from getting a prescription, working through insurance coverage and getting the medication on time. For people living with rare diseases taking a PTC treatment, PTC Cares is here to help. PTC Cares helps take care of treatment coordination, so patients with a rare disease and…

This October, for the second year in a row our PTC colleagues in Switzerland dedicated time to give back to the environment. The team partnered again with Almighty Tree and planted another 100 ‘more resistant’ trees. Unfortunately, the planting location had been heavily impacted by bark beetle infestations which has a direct link to climate…

Felix channels his passion and studies to changing the workplace for people with disabilities.

The Patient Engagement (PE) team at PTC is passionate about education and support of a family’s rare disease journey, and this commitment includes support for patients and their families in the Spanish-speaking community. The team began meeting with the Spanish-speaking community in Puerto Rico more than five years ago, and realized there were minimal resources…

Congratulations to France, the 2023 FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup champions, who defeated England in a thrilling Final complete with a shootout tiebreaker! Placing in 3rd after England was the USA. Last week brought great excitement and opportunity to showcase the true meaning of inclusion at Quaycentre Sydney Olympic Park in Australia.  In one media…

Despite living with SMA, there’s not much that Juan hasn’t already achieved.

By Rafael Sierra, Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs – Global Gene Therapy Lead Rare and ultra rare diseases present unique challenges for research and healthcare, especially when patients are geographically dispersed, and the condition presents with high heterogeneity. Disease registries have emerged as a valuable tool to continue understanding the disease progression and the natural…

Juan Bautista D’Angelo is a powerchair football player on the Argentinian National Team and Sebastián Tisera is the team’s coach. The team is among 10 nations competing at the FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup in Australia, October 15-21. Regarded as a rising power in the world of powerchair football, Argentina is ready to challenge the…

Scott Hilland and Sean McKinney are two very passionate and confident powerchair football athletes playing for the Northern Ireland team at the FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup 2023. Together the two young men have 19 years of experience on the playing field which will set them and their team up for success. In this interview…