Areas of Research

Rare Diseases
Sigma-Tau is particularly proud of its research in the area of rare diseases. Sigma-Tau’s core belief and dedication is that the study of rare diseases should be an integral part of our research activity. This dates back many years.

Sigma-Tau has always believed that research in molecular biology would bring about the subdivision of diseases into smaller subgroups, and that the experience accumulated in the field of rare diseases would be essential to the development of a new generation of pharmaceuticals.

For the Sigma-Tau group, one of the primary reasons for conducting research is to explore entirely new approaches to treating disease. This is illustrated by the company's study of the biology underlying disease, an alternative approach referred to as "biologic pharmacology." The research is based on the assumption that disease begins at the metabolic level, when the biochemical pathways within cells and communication among them are altered.