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The United Porphyrias Association is committed to improving the quality of life of the porphyria patient community and is relentlessly focused on advancing disease awareness, research, and therapies in all the porphyrias.
A world where patients are free from the pain and challenges of porphyria.
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UP UP AND AWAY!
The United Porphyrias Association is up and running – and here to support YOU and your family. Backed by the preeminent porphyria doctors in the USA, we are proud to bring the expert voice to you. Learn more.
NIH PAIN SCIENCE
NIH Proposes increased budget to support pain research. From the Hippocratic corpus, the author writes, “I consider the responsibility of medicine to be to entirely relieve the suffering of the sick and to blunt the extremities of disease”. Read more.
RDCRN COVID-19 SURVEY
Were you among the Porphyria patients or caregivers that participated in the 2020 NIH Covid-19 survey? Preliminary results are available. And a follow-up survey is in the works. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in important research that could help all living with a rare disease!
GLOBAL EPP CONNECT
Sunday, June 26th
In coordination with the Global Porphyria Advocacy Coalition (GPAC) the umbrella organization for porphyria patient advocacy groups across the globe, United Porphyrias Associationis proud to share an invitation for EPP patients, families, and caregivers!
EPP Connect is a first ever event to bring EPP patients together from across the globe.
Click here to read more and register.
"Having been personally involved in porphyria research since 1975 I am very excited about the Porphyrias Consortium and the United Porphyrias Association (UPA) working together to secure the present and future of Porphyria Research. I am extremely grateful to the Porphyria Experts and the UPA for putting us porphyria patients first."
