When biosimilars first entered the market five years ago, I was excited about new treatment options for patients and for more competition to be created in the market. In the years since, we have seen seven biosimilars approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for IBD indications. But despi...

For the past nine years, December 1-7 has been observed across the United States as Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week. Originally designated by the passage of U.S. Senate Resolution 199, Awareness Week provides an opportunity for the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) community to come together aro...

COVID-19 has brought uncertainty and question around the world, but especially for those living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. With COVID-19 spiking again around the country, we wanted to remind you what we already know about IBD and COVID-19 and share with you some of the latest r...

Back in mid-March, as COVID-19 swept the globe, I remember sitting at my favorite cafe in Munich, drinking a cup of coffee and thinking, “tomorrow is lock down and I can’t get coffee.” I never thought I would be stuck in my apartment in a foreign country with only a few months supply of IBD medicati...

Making hard decisions and advocating for what is best for me is all part of being an IBD patient. Growing up, I was knocked down by this disease countless times and had to advocate for second opinions or treatment plans that would improve my quality of life and help me achieve remission. Throughout ...

Have you ever wondered what makes someone an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) expert? Some have described it as, “You know one when you see one.” However, there hasn’t been a set definition of what it truly means. The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and the American College of Gastroenterology...

Approximately 1 in 500 Americans live with an ostomy, a surgically created opening in the body for the discharge of body waste. Whether it’s because of cancer, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, or incontinence, an ostomy can give people w...

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have designed a wearable device that monitors sweat for biomarkers that could signal flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A team of bioengineers demonstrated the wristwatch-like device in a proof-of-concept study funded by the Crohn’s & Coli...

The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation recently learned about a data security incident at one of our vendors, Blackbaud, which works with many nonprofits to support their fundraising and engagement efforts. Many Blackbaud clients, including this Foundation, were impacted by this incident, in which the...

Before I was diagnosed with IBD, my life was fueled by a simple reason: I woke up, got on my bicycle, and trained each day to win bike races. I worked hard and made sacrifices to become the best professional athlete I could be. It all seemed straight forward, really. But things suddenly got complica...