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News from JDRF
News about Diabetes and Research
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are an integral part of the search for a cure for type 1 diabetes. JDRF has launched a major new funding initiative, Industry Discovery and Development Partnerships (IDDP), focused on establishing partnerships with both pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to accelerate the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for type 1 diabetes and its complications.
Recent article in Countdown (Summer 2007) on IDDP
Article from the Wall Street Journal on JDRF’s IDDP program
Additional information on IDDP is located at our national website: http://www.jdrf.org/files/General_Files/IDDP/IDDP.html
As of July 2007, the total support and revenue for the Global Campaign, “From
Research to Reality” is expected to reach $764 million! We are hoping to reach out $1 billion goal by the first quarter of FY09.
More than 30 years of funding and directing research has culminated in development plans for the cure therapeutics like to lead to a cure. We have identified critical gaps in need of funding.
Please join us in supporting the campaign to fund these gaps, increase the progress of research and deliver a cure.
Read about JDRF’s Three Year Goals and Milestones
In a recent Forbes article JDRF was profiled and praised for its exemplary focus and efficiency. "Send money to these people and you can be sure that only a small portion will be frittered away soliciting you for more, and the bulk of what's left will be invested in a single-minded drive to find a definitive cure for juvenile diabetes."
Download a PDF of the entire article (2 megs).
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The buzz around the promise of an artificial pancreas is truly deserving. “Perfecting a closed loop artificial pancreas” is one of JDRF’s five cure therapeutic goals in the next five years. JDRF has launched “The Artificial Pancreas Project,” a new initiative to help accelerate the availability of this technology to people with type 1 diabetes.
For basic information about Artificial Pancreas Project, download this PDF.
For further information on the Artificial Pancreas Project, please visit http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=106675.
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