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Feb 4, 2021 The Foundation in the News
Dr Daniel C. Chung appointed as Chief Medical Officer of SparingVision
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Jan 29, 2021 The Foundation in the News
Renowned Pioneers in Ophthalmology Join SparingVision’s Scientific Advisory Board
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Dec 16, 2020 The Foundation in the News
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Uses novel, mutation agnostic optogenetics approach to restore vision in underserved forms of blindness. Company backed by leading life science investors including Octagon Capital, Samsara BioCapital and Casdin Capital, along with founding investors Atlas Venture, Mission BioCapital and Foundation Fighting Blindness.
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Dr Daniel C. Chung appointed as Chief Medical Officer of SparingVision
Former Spark Therapeutics head of ophthalmic medical affairs, responsible for the development and approval of Luxturna™, to lead development of SparingVision’s proprietary asset, SPVN06, and further pipeline development
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Renowned Pioneers in Ophthalmology Join SparingVision’s Scientific Advisory Board
Development of lead asset SPVN06 to further benefit from high-level Clinical Advisory Board
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Round was led by Sofinnova Investments with participation from Abingworth, Lightstone Ventures and all existing investors.
Company expands board of directors and plans to build out team.
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End Blindness 2020 Award Winners include Five Foundation-Funded Investigators
Live stream ceremony will include Art Garfunkel, Diane Schuur, and Margaret Atwood. A tribute will also be made to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Stargazer Pharmaceuticals Initiates a Phase 2a Clinical Trial for its Stargardt Disease Drug
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Retinal Degeneration Fund is an investor in the company
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Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Retinal Degeneration Fund
In 2018, the Foundation Fighting Blindness launched a venture philanthropy investment arm called the Retinal Degeneration (RD) Fund to help companies and researchers advance promising treatments for inherited retinal diseases into and through early-stage human studies. Currently, the RD Fund has allocated about 75% of its $72 million fund to eight investments.
