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Advocacy 150 Advocates Rally Behind Pre-Existing Condition Protections During March on the Hill

One hundred fifty advocates, backed by more than 5,000 connections from an additional 1,600 cystic fibrosis advocates across the country rallied behind protections for people with pre-existing conditions, like CF, during the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's 13th annual March on the Hill.

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Research | Drug Pipeline New, Positive Results Announced for Triple-Combination Therapy

Today, Vertex released positive preliminary clinical trial results for the potential triple-combination therapy VX-445 plus tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Symdeko®).

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Get Involved 2019 Volunteer Leadership Conference Co-Chairs Announced

Pam Baker and Justin Davis will lead this year's conference in San Diego.

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Lung Transplantation CF Foundation Awards $4 Million for Research to Improve the Success of Lung Transplants

The studies aim to improve our understanding of a common cause of lung transplant failures, a condition known as chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD).

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Fundraising | Great Strides Cisco Ranks as Top Great Strides National Corporate Team

Jedd Williams of Cisco Systems Inc. has raised more than $1,000,000 to support the mission of the Foundation after expanding his personal Great Strides team to a national corporate team.

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Advocacy CF Advocate Serves as Witness at Congressional Hearing on Pre-Existing Conditions

Chad Riedy, an adult with cystic fibrosis, served as a witness on Wednesday before the House of Representatives' Education & Labor Committee at a hearing on the threats faced by workers with pre-existing conditions.

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Drug Pipeline CF Foundation Expands Funding Up to $4.5 Million to Talee Bio Inc. to Develop CFTR Mutation-Agnostic Gene Therapy

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation awarded Talee Bio Inc. up to $4.5 million to develop methods for delivering potential gene therapy treatments to the lungs. 

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