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A 25-year-old living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has called on the Senate to confirm Dr.
Heidi Overton as Food and Drug Administration commissioner, arguing that the next agency leader must treat patients as partners in their own survival rather than passive observers.
The individual, who recently turned 25, stated that people with the progressive disease are not expected to see another birthday after this one, making the regulatory environment a matter of immediate life and death for the 30 million Americans living with rare diseases.
The patient emphasized that the FDA commissioner's decisions determine how many treatment options are available and how much time remains to use them.
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