Published: Mar 01, 2021 By Heather McKenzie
February 28 marked Rare Disease Day, and biotech companies gathered together to raise awareness, advocate for improved access to treatment and let patients know how they are pivoting to improve patient care and access during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Rezolute Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for patients with metabolic and orphan diseases, was just beginning a Phase IIb study of its lead candidate, RZ358, for Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), when the chaos struck.
“We have hospitals around the world where the COVID ward was right next to the research ward. We had hospitals that for six months shut down entirely,” shared Erin O’Boyle, Head of Clinical Operations at Rezolute. “We had a lot of overnight stays, but then, right when we were kicking off the study and going into enrollment and starting to activate our sites, COVID hit, and it really kind of changed the