Emergency app launched for Duchenne

An ‘In Case of Emergency’ app has been launched for Duchenne patients and their families, as part of the DMD Care UK project spearheaded by Duchenne UK and the University of Newcastle. The Duchenne Research Fund is proud to be a funder and supporter of DMD...
Five-year grant to Dr Michela Guglieri: outcome report

Five-year grant to Dr Michela Guglieri: outcome report

We are delighted to report the outcomes of our grant for a Clinical Trials Lectureship. The grant, which was supported by a consortium of seven UK charities, saw the Duchenne Research Fund joined by Action Duchenne, Alex’s Wish, Duchenne Now, Duchenne UK, Harrison’s...

DMD Care UK: Psychosocial Programme now recruiting

The Duchenne Research Fund are pleased to announce that the University of Newcastle is now recruiting for a clinical psychologist to work with Duchenne patients and their families as part of the DMD Care UK Psychosocial Programme. This clinical and research-based role...

DRF awards £640,000 for vital psychosocial project

The Duchenne Research Fund is delighted to announce that we are awarding a £640,000 grant to fund vital psychosocial care and research as part of Duchenne UK’s DMD Care UK programme. We are so pleased to partner with Duchenne UK on this important project. The...

DRF grants £40,000 to DMD Care UK project

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...
DRF funds Newcastle refurbishment

DRF funds Newcastle refurbishment

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...
Duchenne Hub day tackles clinical trial access

Duchenne Hub day tackles clinical trial access

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...

Vamorolone receives Fast Track designation from FDA

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...

DRF-funded drug development programme receives further £4.6 million

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 –...