The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today announced an unprecedented acceleration and expansion of its research, care and patient programs for the CF community. This action is possible as a result of the sale of the Foundation's royalty rights to CF treatments developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. The Foundation received $3.3 billion from the sale to Royalty Pharma.
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New funding awards include up to $2.6M to Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to identify potential therapies for CF nonsense mutations
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.
A $7.5 million research award will go to Southern Research to identify potential new drugs for people with rare CF mutations, known as nonsense mutations, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Inc. announced today.
The Associated Press published a story this week highlighting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's "groundbreaking" drug development model and its role in developing CF treatments that target the root cause of the disease.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded up to $5.6 million to Microbion Corporation to develop a novel, inhaled antibiotic to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections in people with cystic fibrosis.