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Here. Us. Now. : A Family's Fight to Bring Medical Innovation Home

2016
Videos and DVDs
Here. Us. Now chronicles one family’s determined fight to transform the medical research system in order to speed drug discoveries for treating chronic and debilitating rare diseases, which are more commonplace than is widely known.. Directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Rudy Poe, the film follows the story of Hugh and Chris Hempel, whose twin eight-year old daughters are dying from a rare progressive neurological disease called Niemann Pick Type C, with no known cure. Despite their lack of medical background, the Hempels use their entrepreneurial skills to seek a breakthrough drug treatment. As the devastating effects of the disease begin to take hold, the Hempels enter a complex and challenging world of medical literature, clinical trials and regulatory mazes, where new drug discoveries and approval are slow and often ineffective.. The Hempel family's journey also reveals the grim truth that "rare diseases" are actually widespread -- affecting 30 million Americans, nearly 1 in 10, and 350 million people worldwide. Yet, only 200 of the estimated 7,000 known rare diseases have FDA-approved drug treatments.. Here.Us.Now advocates for a new model that accelerates the search for medical breakthroughs. The film encourages creative entrepreneurs to connect with patients, parents, advocacy networks, reform-minded physicians, and scientists to develop a better approach..
Author:
The Video Project (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
The Video Project, 2013.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (68 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
In Process Record.Title from title frames.FilmOriginally produced by The Video Project in 2013.In English
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Index terms:
Documentaries
BRN:
333162
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