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11/04/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/05/2025 13:43

Pharma, It’s Time to Find Your “Freda” — and Get Those Drugs Off the Shelves!

Pharma, It's Time to Find Your "Freda" - and Get Those Drugs Off the Shelves!
November 4, 2025Collaborations & Partnerships, CTF in the News, Pharma, Publications, Top Story, Top Story EU
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When Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, DFAPA, MFPM championed a drug that had been set aside and partnered with CTF to move it forward, it became an approved treatment for NF1 - one that's now shrinking tumors in NF patients.

In her new BioSpace article, CTF CEO Annette Bakker calls on pharma and biotech leaders to follow that example - to find their own "Freda" and unlock the hidden cures waiting in plain sight.

Too many promising treatments that patients need remain on the shelf, when what they really need is someone willing to take the next step. Bold leadership changes lives!

Read the full BioSpace article.
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