Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Drug Development Model Spawns More Than 30 Promising Therapies
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New funding will support clinical development of two novel therapies to address complications of cystic fibrosis
As Congress weighs budget appropriations, we look at long-term funding for the National Institutes of Health. We decided to sit down with the Foundation's senior vice president of research affairs to learn more about why the work being done at NIH is so important in the search for a cure for CF and other serious, rare diseases.
New funding awards include up to $2.6M to Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to identify potential therapies for CF nonsense mutations
In January, I underwent successful phage therapy -- an experimental treatment in which viruses are used to kill difficult-to-treat bacteria. To get a better sense of the future of this potential treatment option for other people with CF, I chatted with the head of the Infection Research Initiative at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of lumacaftor/ivacaftor (Orkambi®) today for children with cystic fibrosis ages 2 to 5 who have two copies of the F508del mutation.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today applauds the Food and Drug Administration's approval of Kalydeco™ (ivacaftor; previously known as VX-770), a major advance in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis.
The Foundation and Bakar Labs will support AVECRIS Pte Ltd and Nosis Biological Sciences as they pursue genetic therapies for cystic fibrosis with their novel technologies.
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of ivacaftor (Kalydeco®) for children with cystic fibrosis ages 1 to 2 who have at least one mutation that is responsive to ivacaftor.