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About the CF Foundation | Clinical Trials | Clinician Resources New CFF Program Helps Bring More Research Staff to Clinical Trials Network

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has launched a new program that will fund 60 additional research coordinators to help speed the progress of CF clinical trials throughout its Therapeutics Development Network (TDN).

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About the CF Foundation | Infection Prevention and Control Updated Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Cystic Fibrosis Now Published Online

A comprehensive, updated resource to assist the cystic fibrosis community with infection prevention and control practices is now available online. “Infection Prevention and Control Guideline for Cystic Fibrosis: 2013 Update” will also be published in the August print edition of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the official journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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About the CF Foundation | CFTR Modulators | Clinical Trials Letter to the Community on Exciting Vertex Clinical Trials Results

This morning, Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced the results from the Phase 3 clinical trials of ivacaftor (Kalydeco™) and lumacaftor (VX-809) in people with two copies of the F508del mutation.

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