CF Updates
Cystic Fibrosis Updates:
- Taking Great Strides for cystic fiibrosis
March 10, 2010YORK, Maine – The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides Walk will take place on Sunday, May 16 at the York Beach Fire Station.
- Firefighter climb raises $3K for charity
March 9, 2010COLUMBUS – For the third year, firefighters from Prospect and one from another department worked to raise money to find a cure for cystic fibrosis.
- Cystic Fibrosis Hosts Wine Opener Fundraiser
March 7, 2010Wine Opener volunteer Denise Martin, from left, introduces a 5 /2-week-old black Labrador puppy to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation supporters Christal Tuller and Melinda Yeaman during the VIP reception Feb.
- Inhaled antibiotic available for kids with cyctic fibrosis
March 6, 2010Two-and-a-half-year-old Jude is a bundle of energy. But guarding his health takes enormous vigilance says his mom.
- Alnara Pharmaceuticals flourishes from Altus demise
March 5, 2010Alnara Pharmaceuticals Inc. stands ready to send its drug target to treat cystic fibrosis to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a mere 16 months after the company raised its first venture capital round of $20 million.
- Bobby's Brigade marchesto fight cystic fibrosis
March 4, 2010Although it’s still more than two months away, supporters are already on alert it’s time to start limbering up for the annual Dedham Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis.
- Letters: Cystic Fibrosis, Down syndrome no reason to end pregnancy
March 3, 2010We hear inspirational stories about people living with cystic fibrosis. It gives us hope to read that specialized care is helping them have more control over their disease.
- Actelion shares slump as fibrosis drug fails study
March 2, 2010Shares of Switzerland’s Actelion lost nearly a fifth of their value after the company said a study showed a fibrosis drug didn’t reduce the intensity or mortality from the disease.
- Actelion Fibrosis Drug Doesn't Meet Key Endpoint
March 1, 2010Actelion Ltd., the Basel drugmaker, said on Monday that a clinical study of bosentan to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis didn’t meet its primary endpoint of reducing morbidity and mortality.
- University of Victoria expedites degree for dying student
February 28, 2010There are a lot of things Eva Markvoort wanted to do before she dies. Despite her failing health, the University of Victoria student, who has cystic fibrosis, wanted to finish her bachelor’s degree.
- Climb to the Top at Tower of the Americas
February 27, 2010And finally tonight:today was the 25th annual tower climb and run benefiting the cystic fibrosis foundation at san antonio’s tower of the americas….Participants ran or walked a mile and then climbed the 952 steps to the top of the tower…..While runners got to tackle the event in shorts and sneekers…Firefighters did the climb in full gear…
- PARI Pharma's Altera Delivers Gilead's Cayston, Approved By The U.S….
February 25, 2010Altera, which uses eFlow Technology, was cleared to market by the FDA as the first drug-specific nebulizer for use in the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis and has been specifically developed to deliver Gilead Sciences’ Cayston 75 mg.
- Frontier students donate to fight disease touching one of their own
February 24, 2010At this time there is no cure for Cystic Fibrosis but with specialized medical care, drug treatments and therapies, quality of life can be improved and life expectancy lengthened.
- Gilead wins OK for cystic fibrosis drug
February 24, 2010Ending a 27-month struggle, Gilead Sciences Inc. won FDA approval for its cystic fibrosis drug Cayston and expects the inhalable drug to be available in the United States by the end of the month.
- Gordon D. Harriman, guest column: How pennies are making real change for my son
February 23, 2010Looking back at the birth of my first son 10 years ago, I can truly say it was one of the most exciting and scariest times in my life.
- FDA Approves First New Inhaled Antibiotic for CF in More Than a Decade
February 23, 2010The drug was made possible by significant support from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, including a $1 million investment by a Foundation subsidiary to help develop the therapy.
- Spaghetti dinner to benefit cystic fibrosis
February 22, 2010Several years back, I remember watching something on television about a terrible disease called cystic fibrosis.
- Foundation Pops Corks For Cure
February 21, 2010Allison Brock, co-chairwoman of the third annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Wine Opener, poses Wednesday for a photograph at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Bentonville.
- Tower Climb and Run raises $62,000 for cystic fibrosis
February 20, 2010About 1,000 participants were expected at this year’s Tower Climb and Run, which benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
- Drug Improved Survival in Mice With Cystic Fibrosis
February 19, 2010In the search for new treatments for cystic fibrosis, U.S. researchers have identified a defective signaling pathway that contributes to the severity of the inherited lung disease.
