8 May 2012 This statement is intended to provide a summary of IPOPI’s position with regards to the importance of ensuring access for patients living with a primary immunodeficiency (PID) to the best suited immunoglobulin (IG) replacement therapy, as selected and prescribed by their physician. IPOPI is concerned by recent developments in several countries that…
Antibiotics are important medicines for managing and treating infections caused by bacteria. This information is for primary immunodeficiency patients and their carers aims to help ensure antibiotics are used safely and effectively. What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are medicines used to treat infections caused by bacteria, one of the important families of bugs that cause illness….
Great advances made in the last ten years mean that the use of gene therapy to treat and cure primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) is a reality. What is gene therapy? Gene therapy is a ‘mini gene transplant’. Doctors remove stem cells from the patient with a PID, replace the defective genes inside the cells with new,…
