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FDA approves ‘world’s costliest drug’ for children with MLD

A new gene therapy for the fatal genetic disorder metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD, will carry a wholesale price of a whopping $4.25m, its manufacturer...

Two-year-old diagnosed with childhood dementia

Charlotte Colley is mostly just like any other two-year-old, going to day-care, splashing about in the pool or at the beach, and having no...