We are delighted to announce that Duchenne Research Fund has awarded £40,000 to the newly launched DMD Care UK, partnering with the project’s founders Duchenne UK and Joining Jack. Together our three charities will invest £130,000 in the nationwide initiative...
On Wednesday 27 September 2017, the newly refurbished paediatric area in the Clinical Research Facility at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary was officially opened by Professor Mark Walker and Dr Michela Guglieri. The refurbishment was possible thanks to the generous...
The Duchenne Research Fund was delighted to participate in the Duchenne Hub information day held on 18 September 2017 at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. The event was hosted by Duchenne UK, organised in conjunction with Hub manager Emma Heslop and the...
We’re pleased to share news from ReveraGen, the company developing the novel steroid alternative Vamorolone (previously called VBP15), that their drug has received Fast Track designation from the FDA, which will speed up the review of Vamorolone. In 2014, Duchenne...
The Duchenne Research Fund, the Duchenne Children’s Trust and Joining Jack and are delighted with the news from the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre that they have received £4.6 million in European funding for a Phase II clinical trial for Vamorolone –...
Last month the Duchenne Research Fund participated in the UK National Workshop on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trial Capacity at Newcastle University, hosted by TREAT-NMD. The landmark meeting brought together 75 representatives from patient organisations,...
The Duchenne Research Fund is part of a consortium of charities working on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) that has awarded a Fellowship to Dr Michela Guglieri in partnership with Newcastle University and Newcastle University Teaching Hospital to develop and advance...
