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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Awards Advance Improvements in CF Newborn Screening

Since 2011, the Foundation has awarded $2.5 million across 35 different projects to improve cystic fibrosis newborn screening across the country.

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Get Involved Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Awards 2023 Impact Grants

To date, the CF Foundation has funded more than $1 million to programs created by and for the CF community.

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Advocacy | Antibiotics Adult with CF Provides Testimony at Congressional Hearing on the Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance 

Melanie Lawrence, an adult with cystic fibrosis, was selected to testify before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee regarding the impact of antimicrobial resistance on patients who face heightened risk of infections, like those with CF.

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Advocacy | Our Advocacy Work Teens Advocate on Capitol Hill During the Foundation’s 15th Annual Teen Advocacy Day

More than 60 teens from across the country — almost half of whom live with cystic fibrosis — advocated for support of the PASTEUR Act.

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Our Research Approach CF Foundation Provides Up to $3.9M to TB Alliance to Further Develop an NTM Drug

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is providing additional funds to TB Alliance to advance the development of a compound that could be used to treat infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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Our Advocacy Work CF Foundation Advocates to Protect Needs of People With CF in Post-Pandemic Medicaid Redeterminations

Medicaid beneficiaries are encouraged to update their information with Medicaid to ensure continued coverage.

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CFTR Modulators FDA Approves Kalydeco for Infants as Young as 1 Month

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kalydeco® (ivacaftor) for infants as young as 1 month who have at least one copy of 97 mutations that have proven to be responsive to Kalydeco.

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CFTR Modulators FDA Approves Trikafta for Children Ages 2 Through 5 Years With Certain CF Mutations

With this approval, approximately 2,250 children in the U.S. will be eligible for Trikafta® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor), including more than 900 who will have access to a CFTR modulator for the first time. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation believes it is beneficial to start people with cystic fibrosis on modulators as early as possible to help prevent lung damage and the onset of complications.

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Our Research Approach Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Commits Up to $15.5M in Additional Funding for Potential Enzyme Therapy

Funding will support clinical trials for therapy that could help improve digestion in people with CF

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Our Research Approach CF Foundation Invests Up to $2 Million in Nanite Inc. to Explore a New Method to Deliver Genetic Therapies to the Lung

Delivery of genetic therapies to affected tissues is a key challenge to developing new treatments for people with cystic fibrosis. In addition to investing in viral delivery and lipid nanoparticles, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is looking at the potential of a relatively new approach to delivery using an exceptionally small synthetic molecule called a polymer nanoparticle.

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