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News and best practices from members of the World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations – WAPO – and other interesting global developments.

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Good news from Amryt for acromegaly patients in Europe

March 22, 2022
Industry News|News From 'Round the World|

Amryt Pharma announced positive results for the MPOWERED phase 3 trial for Mycapssa® oral octreotide for acromegaly patients, in a recent press release. The trial paves the way for the approval of Mycapssa® by the EMA.

The World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations – April 2020 Newsletter

April 13, 2020
News From 'Round the World|

WAPO’s Global Pituitary Voice – April 2020 edition –  is now available to download. This newsletter is being released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the postponement of the WAPO Summit to

Exciting news for acromegaly and NET’s from Crinetics Pharmaceuticals!

April 9, 2020
Industry News|News From 'Round the World|

In a press release today, San Diego, California based Crinetics Pharmaceuticals reports positive results from their Phase Two trial of PALTUSOTINE (the former CRN00808). This is a new oral medication to treat acromegaly and neuroendocrine

News on Signifor, Signifor LAR, and newly approved Cushing’s drug ISTURISA

April 8, 2020
Industry News|News From 'Round the World|Patients' Corner|

Recordati Rare Diseases, Inc., based in Lebanon, NJ, has recently acquired the rights to SIGNIFOR® LAR and the FDA approval for ISTURISA®(osilodrostat). Both products treat pituitary diseases. SIGNIFOR LAR, a “2nd generation” somatostatin analog given

Are we over reacting? Some people think so.

March 18, 2020
News From 'Round the World|Patients' Corner|

This article caught my attention since so much of what we do today is based on big data. This coronavirus situation is no different. In the article John P.A. Ioannidis – professor of medicine, of

Opinion: The Pandemic of Poor Communications

March 6, 2020
News Feed|News From 'Round the World|

At the risk of adding to the Coronavirus news frenzy we’re experiencing, I thought this piece from Gil Bashe, a health communication writer, deserved to be noted. His article points to the substandard job the health

Real life stories told by people living with Acromegaly

February 27, 2020
Acromegaly|News From 'Round the World|

A few weeks ago, Dan Jeffreys, a UK based author, musician, and patient advocate sent me a message to tell me about his latest project. He told me he started AcroTales to encourage people to share their

4. Podcast series “the journey to a new drug”: understanding molecules and receptors

February 14, 2020
News From 'Round the World|Podcasts|

This podcast, the fourth in our drug development series “the journey to a new drug,” brings you my conversation with Dr. Stephen Betz, cofounder at Crinetics Pharmaceutical. Our discussion spotlights new drugs for acromegaly, Cushing’s,

Canada 2019 International Conference Videos available for viewing

February 4, 2020
Acromegaly|News From 'Round the World|Patients' Corner|Videos|

As we reported a few months back, the Canadian International Acromegaly conference offered exciting presentations and discussions.  If you have acromegaly, have a family member that suffers from the disease, or you are a healthcare

3. Giving patients a place at the table

January 31, 2020
Acromegaly|News From 'Round the World|Podcasts|

The third podcast in our series on drug development touches on the effort that industry is making to partner with patients to understand needs, preferences, and attitudes, and to develop insights that would result in

World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations: December 2019 Newsletter

December 27, 2019
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Read the WAPO (World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations) December 2019 newsletter with news and activities from pituitary patient organizations from around the world. [maxbutton id=”2″ ] Through WAPO,  patient advocacy organizations share information, best practices

PWN at Spain’s 2019 Endocrinology Society Congress

December 20, 2019
Acromegaly|News From 'Round the World|

From the desk of Jorge D Faccinetti, co-founder – The Spanish Society of Endocrinology or SEEN (Sociedad Española de Endocrinologia y Nutricion) had their annual conference – Congreso, in Spanish – this past October in Bilbao,

Will we ever be able to use stem cells to regenerate the pituitary gland?

December 5, 2019
Dr. Blevins Corner|News Feed|News From 'Round the World|

A commentary from Dr. Lewis S Blevins Jr. co-founder – I was recently asked if I felt that we would ever be able to use stem cells to regenerate the pituitary gland. Frankly, the answer is

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