Home  >   ABOUT THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION  >   News & Events  >   2005 News Archive

2005 News Archive

12/12/05   Archive of CF Clinical Research Web Cast Is Now Available. 12/10/05   Find A Flu Shot Clinic Near You We recognize that it may be difficult for the friends and family of people with CF to get a flu shot. The above link will take you to a clinic locator and help you find a place where you can get the flu shot and help prevent people with CF from being exposed to the flu. 12/07/05   The Importance of Vitamins A, D, E and K and Cystic Fibrosis New pamphlets endorsed by the CF Foundation Education Committee are now available. 12/06/05   PTC Therapeutics, Inc. Research Study Advances to Phase II PTC124 is an orally administered drug targeting nonsense mutations and is being studied as a potential treatment for CF. 12/05/05   A New Fact Sheet Endorsed by the CF Foundation Education Committee Is Now Available -- Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance in People With CF 11/30/05   A CF Clinical Research Update -- Live Web Cast Attracts Worldwide Audience 11/15/05   A Tax Savings Opportunity for 2005 Year-end Gifts With KETRA, A Temporary Tax Relief Act! 11/15/05   Enrollment for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Begins November 15, 2005. Make Sure You Are Not Left Behind! 11/09/05   Patients, Industry and Lawmakers Seek to End SBA Bureaucratic Roadblock to New Medical Research 11/05/05   Ultimate Golf Experience—It’s More than Just a Golf Tournament! 11/04/05   CF Foundation's Milestones to a Cure Campaign Is Featured in the Washington Business Journal. 11/03/05   Here's An At-A-Glance-Look At What CF Therapies Are In the CF Drug Development Pipeline. Updated November 2005. 11/02/05   Día a Día - Los Centros Educativos y la FQ -- Resume las leyes que permiten a estudiantes para tener su CF las necesidades médicas encontraron al asistir la escuela. 11/02/05   Update for CF Patients Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita The CF Foundation and the CF Services Pharmacy are committed to providing ALL CF patients affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with CF medications, regardless of their ability to pay. Both the Pediatric and Adult CF care centers at Tulane are now operating out of Metairie. 10/31/05   19th Annual NACFC Docks at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Read and hear from the researchers and caregivers themselves about the latest in CF laboratories and clinics around the world. 10/31/05   Special 50th Anniversary Edition of Commitment Is Available Get a historical perspective on the progress in CF research and the growth of the CF Foundation over the past 50 years. 10/19/05   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launches $175 Million Fund-raising Campaign 10/19/05   The 2004 Annual CF Patient Registry Is Now Available The patient registry tracks the health of some 22,000 patients with CF across the United States. 10/05/05   Chiron and Nektar Announce Initiation of Phase III Clinical Program Evaluating Tobramycin Inhalation Powder in CF Patients First of two pivotal trials begins; a second one is planned for 2006. This trial was approved by the CFFT's Therapeutics Development Network and Data Safety Monitoring Board. 10/03/05   UNC Study Proves Genetic Variations Influence Severity of CF Subtle differences in other genes—besides the defective gene known to cause CF can significantly modify the inherited disease’s severity, a large new multi-center national study has concluded. 09/28/05   Live CF Patient Education Web Cast Draws Hundreds of Participants 09/12/05   Read "An Unexpected Reprieve" from the Sept. 12 issue of Newsweek. Thanks to new treatments, people with CF now have adulthoods they could never have imagined. 09/06/05   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to beneft from Nashville's GuitarTown 07/28/05   Scholarships Available for Students With CF Through the Cystic Fibrosis Scholarship Foundation. 07/22/05   Congratulations to the Inductees of the Millennium Million Dollar Club! 07/19/05   Dr. Paul di Sant'Agnese, Distinguished Physician/Scientist, Dies at Age 91 06/28/05   CF Foundation Recognized in the Journal, Science 06/13/05   Read and Hear Reports from the 2005 Williamsburg Conference Meet and listen to the scientists who reported data at this dynamic scientific forum. 05/23/05   You Did It! Your Great Strides Paid Off! 04/25/05   Phase III Clinical Trial Initiated for CF - Corus Pharma Announces Trial for Aztreonam Lysinate for Inhalation 04/22/05   Archive of Quality Improvement Web Cast Is Now Available Originally airing on April 5, "One Team's Story: Raising The Bar For CF Care" is now archived. Questions may still be posted and will be answered. 04/18/05   Genaera Receives Regulatory Authorization for a Pivotal Phase II Trial in CF for LOMUCIN™ Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics to Provide Up To $2.37 million. 04/14/05   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics and Galapagos Initiate Alliance to Discover Drug Targets 04/07/05   Quality Improvement Web Cast Breaks New Ground in CF Care More than 870 live viewers from 48 states and 14 different countries participated in this latest patient education Web cast. 03/28/05   A Great Strides Hero Story: The Foresters This 130-year-old financial services organization cares about the future of all people with CF. 03/25/05   "Searching for the Leadership Gene" -- More than 130 Volunteers from Across the Country Came Together to Discuss Strategies for Success National Conference Recognizes Chapters and Volunteers for Exceptional Leadership 03/21/05   First "Spirit of American" Awards Honor Top Corporate Partners American Airlines and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. are honored at 2005 Leadership Meeting 03/17/05   Targeted Genetics Ends CF Gene Therapy Study. Most Recent Research Failed to Show Sufficient Lung Improvement. 03/16/05   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics and Predix Pharmaceuticals Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration to Treat CF 03/02/05   50 years of Research, Progress, Hope. A timeline of accomplishments since the CF Foundation was created.