Foundation News

Legislation will give patients and their doctors a process to seek exception to Step Therapy requirements that may delay necessary care

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The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation advocates for reform in the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) industry due to the negative impact it has on patients' access to medicine.

Read a recap of the Education program that took place April 1st!

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Last week, in an unprecedented decision, a Texas federal judge invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a drug that was approved by the agency in 2000.

April 3, 2023, New York, NY – Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Walmart for firing a North Carolina employee with Crohn’s disease after the company allegedly refused to grant her disability-related leave.

Kayleigh OMahony lives in Lowell, is in grad school at UMass Lowell for her Master’s in Education and she is running the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, 2023. In the summer of 2012, she was admitted to Boston Children's Hospital with severe stomach pains, loss of appetite, extreme weight loss and fatigue. Doctors were baffled by her case, but after a month-long stay in Children's, she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.

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