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.
Today, Vertex released positive preliminary clinical trial results for the potential triple-combination therapy VX-445 plus tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Symdeko®).
Pam Baker and Justin Davis will lead this year's conference in San Diego.
The studies aim to improve our understanding of a common cause of lung transplant failures, a condition known as chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD).
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.
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.
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.