| December 31, 2008 |
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Celebrates Landmark Year for Awareness, Advocacy, Research
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| December 30, 2008 |
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Triples Vascular Risk
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| December 23, 2008 |
Family of Doctors Joins To Fight Lung Disease That Claimed One of Their Own
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| December 22, 2008 |
Researchers Identify Gene Linked to Inherited Form of Fatal Lung Disease
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| December 04, 2008 |
Pulmonary Fibrosis Contributes to Beloved Civil Rights Writer and Folk Singer Odetta’s Death
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| November 15, 2008 |
CPF Joins Medicare Rights Center in Collaborative Effort to Overturn the Medicare 24-Month Wait Period for People with Disabilities
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| November 10, 2008 |
Co-Sponsorship of Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act Increases to 27 Members of Congress
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| October 28, 2008 |
NIEHS Study Finds Healing Process Found to Backfire in Lung Patients
A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse. |
| October 28, 2008 |
CPF Publishes 4th Quarter, 2008 Action Alert Newsletter
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| October 24, 2008 |
Family Honors Peggy Betts with Benefit to Help Cure IPF, Raising $10,000
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| October 22, 2008 |
CPF Fall Fundraising Campaign Raises More than $500,000 to Benefit Patients and Researchers Fighting Pulmonary Fibrosis
Events in Malibu, CA, Chicago, IL, and Rockville, MD Demonstrate Unwavering Support for PF Community |
| October 16, 2008 |
InterMune Reports Japanese Regulatory Approval of Pirfenidone in IPF
Provides Progress Report on InterMune Phase 3 CAPACITY Program - - Reports 97% patient retention rate in CAPACITY |
| October 09, 2008 |
Congressman Kirk to Give Keynote Speech, Hope to B.I.G. Ball Attendees about Disease That Claimed His Father
Congressman to Present at 3rd Annual Breathing Is Glorious! (B.I.G.) Ball at Renaissance Chicago Hotel October 11th |
| October 09, 2008 |
Parents Host Golf Tournament to Fund Cure for Disease That Claimed Daughter’s Life
Lisa Sandler Spaeth Memorial Golf Tournament to be held at Woodmont Country Club on Oct. 14 |
| October 01, 2008 |
Hopkins Researchers Identify Shortened Telomeres in patients with IPF
Previous Hopkins study identified shortened telomeres occurring in familial PF cases; new study demonstrates it also occurs in patients with no family history of PF |
| September 29, 2008 |
2008 Butterfly Garden Party Raises $150,000 for CPF
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| September 22, 2008 |
CPF Patient Advocates Meet With 50 Congressional Offices During IPF Week, Urge Support of Landmark Pulmonary Fibrosis Bill
Efforts Double the Number of Co-Sponsors of Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2008 |
| September 04, 2008 |
Former Utah Governor, An IPF Patient, Joins CPF For Sixth Annual National IPF Awareness Week
Awareness Week is September 7-13
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| August 12, 2008 |
CPF Publishes 3rd Quarter, 2008 Action Alert Newsletter
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| August 11, 2008 |
Gilead to Initiate Phase III Clinical Trial of Letairis in IPF
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| July 31, 2008 |
Exploratory Study of Enbrel (etanercept) in IPF Shows Possible Reduction in Progression of Disease
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| July 22, 2008 |
Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act of 2008 Introduced in U.S. Congress
Landmark Bill Would Create National Patient Registry, Increase Public Awareness of Deadly Lung Disease
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| July 16, 2008 |
Senate Passes Key Medicare Bill that Includes Pulmonary Rehabilitation Coverage Provision and Repeals Key Home Oxygen Statute
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| July 14, 2008 |
Study Finds Sleep Quality Impacts Quality of Life for IPF Patients
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| June 27, 2008 |
ALA Report Finds Lung Disease Mortality Rates Increasing
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| June 23, 2008 |
CPF Chairman Marvin Schwarz, MD Discusses IPF Research with BioWorld Today Reporter
Rare Pulmonary Fibrosis may Have Blockbuster Potential
By Catherine Hollingsworth, BioWorld Today |
| June 14, 2008 |
Rep. Brian Baird (D- WA) Discusses PF Research Enhancement Act of 2008 with KPOJ radio (Portland, OR)
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| June 13, 2008 |
Cindy Chandler turns Grief into Celebration of Husband’s Life, Raising $30,000 to Help Others Fight PF
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| June 11, 2008 |
CPF Publishes 2nd Quarter, 2008 Action Alert Newsletter
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| June 03, 2008 |
2008 National IPF Awareness Week to Be Held September 7-13
Meet with Congressional Members in Your District, Write Letters, Hold a Local Event to Celebrate IPF Week and Spread the Word about IPF |
| May 21, 2008 |
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis and American Thoracic Society Continue Research Partnership Through 2010
CPF and ATS to Jointly Award $200,000 in research funding |
| May 19, 2008 |
InterMune Initiates Roll-Over Study of Pirfenidone in IPF
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| May 19, 2008 |
Pirfenidone Gets Fast-Track Designation From FDA
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| May 18, 2008 |
CPF Chairman Marvin Schwarz, MD Receives Top Honor from American Thoracic Society
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| May 17, 2008 |
Son Raises Funding for CPF While Cheering on Transplanted Father, Spreading Hope to Others Suffering
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| May 12, 2008 |
Pipex Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Oral TTM for IPF
One-Year Phase I/II Clinical Trial in Refractory IPF Patients Already Completed by Leading IPF Clinical Research Group |
| April 25, 2008 |
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Passes Congress
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| March 15, 2008 |
CPF Joins ATS on Capitol Hill to Advocate for Lung Disease Issues
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| February 27, 2008 |
University of Minnesota Researchers Find Lung Transplant Survival, Major Complications Not Affected by Use of New Lung Allocation Scoring (LAS) System
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| February 20, 2008 |
CPF Publishes 1st Quarter, 2008 Action Alert Newsletter
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| February 19, 2008 |
Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis and National Jewish Medical and Research Center Collaborate to Provide Genetic Counseling for Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients
Genetic Counseling, Medical Information, and Support Program First of its Kind in U.S. |
| January 28, 2008 |
Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients/9/11 Responders Represented at State of the Union Address for Second Year in a Row
Deadly Lung Disease Claims as Many Lives Each Year as Breast Cancer, Yet Largely Unknown |
| January 22, 2008 |
Coalition For Pulmonary Fibrosis and American Thoracic Society Awards $100,000 Pulmonary Fibrosis Grant to Massachusetts General Hospital Researcher
CPF and ATS Jointly Fund Two-Year Study Investigating Key Trigger of Lung Injury |
| January 21, 2008 |
CPF Appoints Mishka Michon Chief Executive Officer
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| January 18, 2008 |
Hollywood Takes Notice of Little Known Deadly Lung Disease
Recent Deaths of Well-Known Celebrities, Hit TV Shows Help Spread the Word About Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| January 18, 2008 |
Rare Lung Disease Cells Indicate Higher Mortality Risk
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