For the past 12 years we have been blessed with phenomenal weather, enthusiastic golfers, and energetic volunteers. Yesterday was no exception, we gathered once again in celebration of HOPE, with our collective mission in mind… #SaveWill . Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 2021 HOPE on the Green. We look forward to sharing our recap photos online this week!
Thank you to our Photography sponsor:
A note from Austin Youth Fitness:
“Thanks to everyone who participated in the Run to the Sun and David Phillips Memorial Mile! Together we raised $4,010 for the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation!
If you haven’t made a donation yet, there’s still time to do so here!
I am working on distributing shirts, but still need some orders for the online store in order for them to be finalized. If you registered after February 20th, you did not officially get a shirt and will need to order one here.
Congrats to our top fundraiser, Felix Statler who raised $740!!! Felix also clocked his mile time at 7:50!
We hope you keep running, keep living life to the fullest, and have a great rest of your semester and 2021! Brighter days ahead where we can all Run to the Sun together!”
Austin, Texas, March 2, 2021
Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) is pleased to announce an agreement with Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson, to provide Zavesca® (miglustat) for the development of BBDF-101, a proprietary combination of miglustat and trehalose to treat juvenile Batten disease (CLN3). Janssen will provide drug supply for the clinical trials and Extended Access Program, and right of reference to data within the Zavesca New Drug Application (NDA) to support the development of BBDF-101.
BBDF and Theranexus collaborate to publish “Evaluating and modulating TFEB in the control of autophagy: toward new treatments in CNS disorders” in the journal Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology
Intense scrutiny of patient cells and animal models of CLN3 disease over the past 3 decades demonstrates that the loss of CLN3 protein impacts multiple cellular functions. The majority of dysfunction is in cellular compartments responsible for cellular recycling and waste management. This review, co-authored by Beyond Batten Disease Foundation and Theranexus, describes how drug-mediated activation of transcription factor EB (TFEB) clears toxic waste from Batten and other neurodegenerative disease models and describes ongoing pharmaceutical plans to use TFEB activators to treat these diseases.
Manuscript by da Costa, Anaelle; Metais, Thibaud; Mouthon, Franck; Kerkovich, Danielle; Charvériat, Mathieu, was successfully accepted by the journal “Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology.”
The FDA has awarded Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations to Beyond Batten Disease Foundation for BBDF-101. The aim of the program is to facilitate the development of new drugs and biological products for the prevention and treatment of rare pediatric diseases. These designations provide accelerated review for approval, support with the FDA regulatory process and at least seven years of post-approval protection, as well as exemption from filing fees that normally have to be paid to the FDA. These designations do not impact the clinical trial, but are beneficial once the therapy receives New Drug Approval. We are grateful to Theranexus for their continued partnership and commitment to initiating a clinical trial for BBDF-101 as quickly as possible.
THERANEXUS AND BBDF OBTAIN ORPHAN DRUG DESIGNATION (ODD) AND RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE DESIGNATION (RPDD) FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) FOR BBDF-101 FOR BATTEN DISEASE
Lyon, August 28, 2020 – Theranexus, a biopharmaceutical company innovating in the treatment of neurological diseases, and Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) today announced the decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to award Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) to the drug candidate BBDF-101 for Batten disease, a rare, fatal, genetic disorder of the nervous system for which there is no treatment.
The FDA has awarded Orphan Drug and Rare Pediatric Disease designations to Beyond Batten Disease Foundation for BBDF-101.
BBDF’s principal scientist, Danielle Kerkovich, recieves recognition for her paper as one of the most read in Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine.
Judy and Courtney Stecker establish the Charles “Wheeler” Stecker Research Fund to join forces in raising funds for a cure after their son Wheeler was diagnosed with Batten Disease.
Lyon, 12 December 2019 – Theranexus, a biopharmaceutical company innovating in the treatment of neurological diseases and pioneer in the development of drug candidates modulating the interaction between neurons and glial cells, is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Beyond Batten Disease Foundation, granting it a worldwide exclusive license to develop and commercialize the drug candidate BBDF-101 for juvenile Batten disease.