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  • Marathon Pharmaceuticals Begins New Drug Application Process for Deflazacort to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

    Submitted by jcook on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 10:48

    Following a pre-NDA meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Marathon Pharmaceuticals has announced that it will begin the New Drug Application (NDA) process for deflazacort as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

    Marathon expects to submit the NDA in the first quarter of 2016. If the application is approved, the company could make the drug commercially available in the United States in the first quarter of 2017.

  • MDA Unites with the ALS Community as ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Returns

    Submitted by studiog on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 13:38

    In August 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media and swept the nation by storm. Individuals, groups, families, celebrities, politicians and athletes posted videos online of themselves participating in the phenomenon and challenging others to follow suit. Public awareness and donations to fight ALS soared to greater heights, and hope rose throughout the ALS community that this sensational social campaign could help us move closer than ever before to treatments and cures.

    Now it’s up to us to keep that momentum going.

  • MDA Telethon Ends Historic Run, Urgent Fight for Families Continues

    Submitted by studiog on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 12:48

    CHICAGO, May 1, 2015 — MDA, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, today announced that the new realities of television viewing and philanthropic giving have made this the right time for the organization to move beyond its historic Labor Day telethon. It will discontinue production of a broadcast telethon effective this year.

  • Kroger-Atlanta Division Raises More Than $292,000 Through MDA Shamrock Program To Help People Fighting Muscle Disease

    Submitted by studiog on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 11:39

    ATLANTA, April 8, 2015 — More than 186 Kroger-Atlanta Division stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Eastern Alabama teamed with customers to raise more than $292,000 to help save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease during the 33rd annual MDA Shamrock program to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

  • Tempaper and MDA Team Up in the Fight Against Muscle Disease

    Submitted by studiog on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 11:53

    Virtual giving campaign encourages people to change their space and help change the lives of those living with muscle disease

     

    Virtual giving campaign encourages people to change their space and help change the lives of those living with muscle disease

  • MDA 2015 Scientific Conference to Emphasize Urgent Need for Discovery and Treatment

    Submitted by studiog on Fri, 02/12/2016 - 12:01

    Leading experts in neuromuscular disease research and drug development will present and exchange ideas and information March 11-14

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