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"I Can't Just Watch My Children Die" — The Father Who Built a Pharmaceutical Company to Save His Kids: The John Crowley Story

When John Crowley's two children were diagnosed with the fatal Pompe disease in 1998, doctors said they wouldn't survive past age two. With no medical background, Crowley founded a biotech company, helped develop a groundbreaking enzyme replacement therapy, and changed the course of medical history — all driven by a father's refusal to give up.