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June 17, 2020

Introducing Mission: Cure’s Summer 2020 Intern Cohort!

This summer, Mission: Cure is excited to welcome nine incredible interns to our team. As our largest summer intern cohort ever, they have been busy in these past few weeks learning about chronic pancreatitis and Mission: Cure's model and speaking with other individuals in Mission: Cure's network. Despite not being able to be physically together, this already promises to be an exciting summer of progress, collaboration, and innovation! Stella Ng My name is Stella and I'm a rising sophomore at Brown concentrating in Public Health and East Asian Studies. I am an active member of the Brown Taekwondo club, serving…
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September 6, 2019

Pancreatitis and Chronic Pain: How Can I Manage?

On this Mission: Cure webinar, Dr. Tonya Palermo discusses pain self-management techniques If you or a family member have chronic pain from pancreatitis, Mission: Cure’s webinar with Dr. Tonya Palermo will be helpful as it explores the impact of chronic pain on children, adults and families dealing with pancreatitis. “Chronic Pain and Pancreatitis” was selected as the topic for this webinar in Mission: Cure’s ongoing Patient Education Webinar series based on input from patients and families who identified pain as their number one pancreatitis-related issue. Our speaker : Dr. Tonya Palermo University of Washington, Psychologist, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain…
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October 28, 2019

Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus

Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus If you or a loved one suffer from chronic pain from pancreatitis, you won't want to miss the second in Mission: Cure’s series on managing chronic pancreatitis pain. The first webinar in this series discussed a psychological approach called pain self-management. In this webinar, Dr. Steven Freedman discussed a range of medications and medical procedures that have been successful in reducing or managing pain, including: ·      Analgesics ·      Medical Marijuana ·      Uncoated pancreatic enzymes ·      Neuropathic pain treatments ·      Hormones for women ·      Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation Dr. Freedman shared his patient-centered, problem-solving approach to finding solutions that…
Omar Chioua
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March 8, 2019

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy – New Information for Pancreatitis Patients on Treating EPI

Busting the Myths about Pancreatic Enzymes for Pancreatitis and EPI Dr. Steven Freedman, MD, Ph.D., a worldwide expert on pancreatic disease and cystic fibrosis, presents Busting the Myths about Pancreatic Enzymes for Pancreatitis. In this webinar, the fifth in Mission: Cure’s Patient and Family Webinar Series, Dr. Freedman explains: What causes exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)? How is EPI diagnosed and treated? When should you take PERT and how do you calculate the correct dose? Is PERT helpful in treating the pain of chronic pancreatitis? How does PERT affect patients with diabetes? What new developments are in the pipeline to treat EPI? Dr.…
Megan Golden
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November 2, 2017

New Venture Launched to Harness Innovative Financing and Impact Investing to Cure Disease; “Mission: Cure” Pioneers New Approach by Attacking Pancreatic Disease

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Mission: Cure” Launched to Harness Innovative Financing and Impact Investing to Cure Disease; Pioneers New Approach by Attacking Pancreatic Disease New York, New York, Tuesday, November 7, 2017—The new nonprofit Mission: Cure will convene the world’s leading pancreatic experts at the American Pancreatic Association meeting in San Diego on November 10th to devise a 10-year plan to cure chronic pancreatitis, a painful and costly pancreatic disease, using an innovative financing model that could be applied to cure other diseases. Building on the global movement toward outcome-based financing, Mission: Cure will partner with healthcare payers and philanthropists to…
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March 1, 2019

Potential Chronic Pancreatitis Treatments Identified

On February 28, 2019, Rare Disease Day, an alliance of leading life-science companies, in partnership with Mission: Cure, announced the promising results of a 4-month "datathon" aimed at identifying potential treatments for chronic pancreatitis. Using artificial intelligence and statistical techniques, datathon participants identified 4 existing, approved drugs as repurposing candidates worth testing as possible cures for pancreatitis. New Pancreatitis Treatment Candidates The drugs identified are believed to address (target) specific defective genes or processes that lead to pancreatitis. Lacosamide, targeting Cathepsin B Dapsone, targeting the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR gene) Rolipram, targeting Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) Prednisolone,…
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December 4, 2017

Webinar: Impact bonds for health

Megan Golden presented Mission: Cure's strategy on the Brookings "Impact Bonds for Health" Webinar on December 12th. View the presentation below. For more information please follow this link to the Brookings Website.
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December 9, 2018

Curing Pancreatitis: It’s Time for a New Approach!

https://youtu.be/BOmLjiVIX6c On December 8th, Mission: Cure hosted an informational webinar for chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis patients, their families and clinicians on their new approach to curing pancreatitis. It featured co-directors Megan Golden and Linda Martin, who gave presentations on the gap Mission: Cure is working to address, their innovative financing model, and how patients and families can get involved and help! Attendees gained unique insights to the projects Mission: Cure is spearheading to provide promising pathways toward effective treatments and cures. (more…)
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May 9, 2018

Mission: Cure News and Updates May 2018

Mission: Cure aims to demonstrate a new model for curing disease, leveraging outcome-based financing and impact investing. Our first mission is to find a cure for CHRONIC PANCREATITIS, a painful and disabling disease that affects 150,000 people, including 10,000 children. Our goal is to accelerate the development of promising new treatments and find a cure. But we can't do it alone. Pancreatitis in the news Yes, you read that right! The popular Swedish DJ Avicii died at age 28 in late April after suffering from pancreatitis for several years. All of the major news outlets covered it and “pancreatitis” trended…
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