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PTC UK was the first office to open in Europe and hire the first employees to serve our patients in the region. Today, 23 employees are based in the UK, leading regional and global functions. In the last 10 years, the PTC UK team have worked in partnership with the scientific and rare disease community…

Since 2014, the PTC office in Ireland has been the company’s international headquarters and a regional hub. With nine departments and more than 50 employees*, the cross-functional teams facilitate supply of PTC’s medicines across 50+ geographies, manage global quality operations and global pharmacovigilance activities as well as commercial sales and finances for Europe, Middle East…

It has been 10 years since PTC entered the European market with a mission to improve the lives of people living with rare diseases.  In the past decade, we have pioneered transformative progress and created possibilities for the rare disease community across Europe. PTC was founded with the mission to leverage its novel drug discovery…

Now 23, Luke Hains was 8 years old when his younger brother, Levi, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Looking after his brother and helping with his daily activities was part of life, even during college. While in the midst of figuring out the trajectory of his career during college, Luke realized that he could…

It is fair to say that Jessica Fabus Cheng is a very impressive woman who carries many crowns and titles including surgical nurse, sportswoman, mother, Duchenne carrier and cancer survivor, and Mrs. New York International 2023. She is also a former figure skater and in 2021 was listed as one of Taekwondo Life Magazine’s ‘10…

Felix Wu was four when he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Throughout his school career, he saw how Duchenne affected him, and how inclusive (or not) people could be. “People with disabilities have to think about so much more when we plan anything, just in terms of access,” Felix said. “At school, for example,…

At 39 years old, there’s not much that Juan Morales hasn’t already achieved. Despite living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a severe, genetic motoneuron disease causing muscle weakness and wasting, Juan’s own determination has led him to transform his life to find purpose. From writing an autobiographical book on personal development, advocating for people with muscular…

Australian-born Philip Højgaard-Olsen found his independence in his parental home of Denmark. Born in Sydney, Australia, Philip travelled to Denmark and decided to stay after gaining access to a care system that was not available in Australia at the time. A film crew followed his transition journey and even recorded a documentary. The documentary was…

Ethan Higginbotham’s passion for astronomy and physics is “out of this world.” His interest in all things outer space influenced him to pursue an internship with NASA, and one day, he hopes to broaden his astrophysics knowledge through completing a physics PhD. Ethan, who describes himself as determined and driven, shows that people living with…

Shalom Lim is living with Duchenne in Singapore. The sad loss of his brother to the condition and his experiences of neurodivergence as a disabled person has brought him adversity. However, now aged 27, he has learnt to view Duchenne as a companion and source of inner strength from his struggles. Following the loss of…