FRANKLIN FOX

Before becoming a full-time medical writer, I spent nine years as a patent attorney in New York. With a degree in molecular biotechnology and biochemistry, I specialized in analyzing the scientific and clinical evidence for biologics used to treat autoimmune disease (a class of medications that includes Humira and Enbrel). My work involved reading vast reams of confidential clinical trial reports, working with expert witnesses, and translating complex science into plain English. I was first and foremost a science writer, but I was writing in the high-pressure context of multi-billion dollar lawsuits.Throughout this time, I was also battling psoriatic arthritis. My symptoms began when I was a teenager, with mild back pain and psoriasis. Over the years the pain slowly progressed and began affecting more and more joints. By my late-20s, I had constant pain in my sacroiliac joints and it caused great difficulty walking, sleeping, and performing my job. My husband and I also wanted to have..