Vanessa dos Reis Ferreira is head of Patient Advocacy Europe at Santhera and a rare disease specialist. Here she describes how her company is focused on understanding patient needs to develop and bring to market the best possible medicines.
As Rare Disease Day approaches on 28 February, Santhera has created an infographic explaining the signs and symptoms of the rare disease Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), a progressive eye disease that results in blindness.
A pharma company’s core mission is to improve patient outcomes. This hinges on effectively influencing HCP clinical behaviour and driving disease education.