The FSHD Society announced the opening today of its 27th annual International Research Congress (IRC), which is being conducted entirely online for the first time in the organization’s history. The conference is widely seen as the premier global platform for the discussion and dissemination of state-of-the-art research on facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). A record 210 researchers,… Read More »
27th Annual FSHD International Research Congress Goes Virtual
Losmapimod as potential COVID-19 treatment?
Our science team has often discussed the potential of therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy to address other conditions such as cancer, based on the biology of the disease. Now we have learned that losmapimod, currently in a Phase 2b clinical trial for FSHD, will be investigated as a treatment for COVID-19. According to a press… Read More »
Dyne ramps up its FSHD program
Dyne Therapeutics, a Waltham, Massachusetts, biopharmaceutical company, announced yesterday that it is accelerating its FSHD therapy development program. Here is their press release: Dyne to evaluate therapies targeting genetic cause of FSHD under agreement with international research organization UMONS Leading FSHD researcher Jeffrey Statland, M.D., appointed to Scientific Advisory Board WALTHAM, Mass. – Dyne Therapeutics,… Read More »
Fulcrum update on ReDUX4 trial
Fulcrum Therapeutics Reports Recent Business Highlights and First Quarter 2020 Financial Results May 13, 2020 at 7:00 AM EDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FULC), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of patients with genetically defined rare diseases, today provided a business update and reported financial results… Read More »
Participate in COVID-19 Survey
The FSHD Society is partnering with researchers on an important study of the impact of COVID-19 on the muscular dystrophy community. Please read this letter from Dr. Rabi Tawil and click on the link below to take the survey. Deadline is May 22, 2020. Thank you! Dear Participant, We are reaching out to people in… Read More »