The FDA vs. the flash mob: Hard questions as parents demand unproven drugs

Last week the parents of 7-year-old Josh Hardy managed to whip up a media tempest big enough to get the biotech Chimerix ($CMRX) and the FDA to work out a pilot study so that their child could be treated after their compassionate use request was denied, alongside many others. Now the parents of another young boy afflicted by a terrible disease are using some interesting PR tactics in an attempt to achieve a much larger goal: Push the FDA to approve experimental drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) ahead of pivotal studies in the hope that it could let their young son, Ryan Dunne, live a “healthy life.” Read more.