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AN INTRODUCTION TO PATIENT ADVISORY GROUPS

At Fighting Blindness Canada, we often connect with pharmaceutical companies who are developing treatments for blinding eye diseases and are working to understand the patient voice. We have developed a brief survey...

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$70M US ALLIANCE TO DEVELOP NEW CELL THERAPIES FOR BLINDING EYE DISEASES BUILDING ON FBC FUNDED RESEARCH

A new strategic research and development (R&D) alliance was announced on May 17, 2021 between BlueRock Therapeutics LP, FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics Inc (FCDI) and Opsis Therapeutics LLC to develop new cell therapies...

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NEW REPORT REVEALS VISION LOSS COSTS CANADA ALMOST $33 BILLION ANNUALLY

Fighting Blindness Canada, partnering with the Canadian Council of the Blind and key partners, the Canadian Association of Optometrists and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, commissioned new research, The Cost of Vision loss...

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FBC ANNOUNCES NEW AWARD TO FUND BBS10 RESEARCH

Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) is pleased to announce a new award to support research by Dr. Arlene Drack (University of Iowa) to develop a new gene therapy treatment for retinal degeneration caused...

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OTHER EYE DISEASES

Adult REFSUM DISEASE Adult Refsum disease (ARD) is a rare inherited disease where a fat called phytanic acid builds up in the body, leading to different symptoms. The most common first sign...

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