2,400 peo­ple re­main with­out rare dis­ease drug as Take­da man­u­fac­tur­ing woes con­tin­ue

Since Sep­tem­ber 2019, 2,400 peo­ple with the rare con­di­tion known as hy­poparathy­roidism have been wait­ing for any sign that sup­plies of their re­li­able in­jec­tion from Take­da might reemerge.

Last Wednes­day, how­ev­er, Take­da an­nounced that sup­plies won’t be ready for at least an­oth­er year, strand­ing those who still can’t ac­cess the drug, known as Nat­para (parathy­roid hor­mone), via the com­pa­ny’s Spe­cial Use Pro­gram (SUP), which is on­ly for about 400 of those who are at ex­treme risk of life-threat­en­ing com­pli­ca­tions.

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