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December 26, 2006 Shionogi Reports Encouraging Results of Phase III Clinical Trial of S-7701 (pirfenidone) for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment
December 12, 2006 CPF and University of Chicago Featured on Nationally Syndicated Radio Health Journal
November 20, 2006 CPF Publishes 4th Quarter 2006 Action Alert Newsletter
November 09, 2006 Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Breathing is Glorious! (B.I.G.) Gala Raises More Than $250,000 for IPF
Event provides foundation for new education and research efforts to fight IPF
October 20, 2006 Organ Donation Champion to be Honored by CPF at Breathing is Glorious (B.I.G.) Fundraising Gala
Trey Schwab to receive Frank Cabral Humanitarian Award
October 10, 2006 Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease to Explore New Approaches to Understanding and Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis as part of $12.8 million NIH grant
October 10, 2006 CPF Concludes Successful National IPF Awareness Week in Washington
Contingent of IPF patients, family members and healthcare professionals come to Capitol Hill to represent those fighting deadly, incurable lung disease
October 05, 2006 Pulmonary Fibrosis Prevalence Increases 156 Percent in Six Years
Funding for Research to Find Treatment, Cure Unacceptably Low
October 03, 2006 Novartis Warns US Doctors on Gleevec Heart Risks
September 24, 2006 Lung Patients See a New Era of Transplants
September 18, 2006 CPF to Host Patient Seminars in San Francisco, Calif. (Nov. 4th) and Los Angeles Calif. (Dec. 1st)
August 30, 2006 Interferon Gamma Therapy May Be an Important Advance in IPF Treatment
August 30, 2006 CPF Publishes 3rd Quarter, 2006 Member Newsletter
August 23, 2006 CPF Announces 2006 National IPF Awareness Week Activities For Week of September 25 – October 1
August 01, 2006 Lung Ailments No Longer Standing in Way of Flight
July 10, 2006 NIH, NHLBI Establish New IPF Research Network
July 10, 2006 Amarillo Seeks FDA Approval for IPF Clinical Trial
June 30, 2006 Long Negotiations Lead to Senate Considering a Trio of Stem Cell Research Bills
June 15, 2006 CPF Publishes 2nd Quarter, 2006 Member Newsletter
June 15, 2006 CPF Announces Second Annual Breathing Is Glorious! (B.I.G.) Fundraising Gala
Proceeds to benefit CPF and the University of Chicago's Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic
June 14, 2006 Tulane receives four year, $1.5 million grant from NIH to Study Role of Virus in Lung Disease
May 31, 2006 CPF Appoints Mishka Michon Executive Vice President for Development
May 28, 2006 Actelion Presents Strong Rationale for a Morbidity/Mortality Study with Bosentan in IPF at American Thoracic Society Meeting
May 26, 2006 University of Michigan Study Targets Key Cells and Signals That May Trigger IPF
May 16, 2006 Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Partners with American Thoracic Society to Jointly Fund $100,000 IPF Research Grant
May 01, 2006 IPF Patient Symposia Draw 250 Patients from 10 states, Feature Top Lung Disease Experts
April 27, 2006 InterMune Initiates Phase III Clinical Trial of Pirfenidone for Patients With IPF
April 26, 2006 CPF Partners with University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Lung Disease to Host Patient Symposium and Fundraising Dinner June 2-3, 2006
April 20, 2006 InterMune Completes Enrollment of the Phase III INSPIRE Trial of Interferon Gamma 1-b
April 14, 2006 CPF Publishes 1st Quarter, 2006 Member Newsletter
March 15, 2006 Lung Transplant Survival Improving: More Than 63% Survive for at Least 3 Years, Experts Report
March 07, 2006 CPF to Co-Host Living with IPF Patient Event in Miami, Florida April 23, 2006
February 28, 2006 Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Provides $43,000 Gift to The University of Chicago to Advance New Approaches to Understanding IPF
February 17, 2006 CPF to Host Living with IPF Patient Symposium in Sacramento, CA Saturday, April 22, 2006
February 13, 2006 NIH, NHLBI Host Public Interest Organization Conference; Institutes Provide Update on IPF Research Efforts
February 07, 2006 Proposed Legislation Would Affect IPF Patients’ Costs for Oxygen
January 17, 2006 CPF Names Teresa Geiger as Vice President of Patient Outreach and Advocacy
January 13, 2006 Advanced Genomics and Proteomics May Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of IPF
January 12, 2006 Fibrosis Survivor Breathes Easy: A profile of CPF Advocate Frank Cabral

 
 
 
 

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