By Caroline Copley BASEL (Reuters) - Fifteen years ago Ian Parkhill was diagnosed with a rare muscle-wasting disease that gradually robbed him of the strength in his thighs. "The only sort of grip I have is between the thumb and the palm," said 81-year-old Parkhill, a former electrical engineer, who lives in Droitwich, England. I've got to use both hands." Parkhill's rare condition has, to date, gained little attention from drugmakers - but that is starting to change. Big Pharma is focusing a lot more these days on drugs for rare diseases like Parkhill's - and the sky-high prices they can command - and some are also eying the potential of addressing related muscle problems behind a range of more common diseases.
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