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If you are a member of the press and would like more information OR to set up an interview with an FFB scientist, contact:

Allie Laban-Baker
Senior Director of Communications and Marketing
Foundation Fighting Blindness
11435 Cronhill Drive
Owings Mills, MD 21117-2220

Phone: (410) 568-0126
E-mail: alaban-baker@blindness.org

Please do not use this email address or phone number for Web solicitations.


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Date Title
04/28/2008 Gene Therapy Provides Vision to People Who Were Nearly Blind



01/03/2008 Foundation Fighting Blindness Establishes the Marjorie Carr Adams Women's Career Develpment Awards



11/30/2007 Foundation Fighting Blindness Establishes the Marjorie Carr Adams Women's Career Development Awards



11/30/2007 Foundation Fighting Blindness Receives $2.3 Million Grant From The George Gund Foundation To Fund Genetic Study Of Retinitis Pigmentosa



05/01/2007 Triangle VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



05/01/2007 Ft. Wayne VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



05/01/2007 Orange County VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



05/01/2007 Chicagoland VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



05/01/2007 Columbus VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



05/01/2007 Northern Virginia VISIONWALK Set to Raise Funds for Blindness Research



04/24/2007 The Foundation Fighting Blindness is Hosting a FREE Presentation on How to Obtain and Maintain a Job with Low Vision



04/18/2007 Neurotech begins Phase II/III human studies of treatment for retinitis pigmentosa



04/05/2007 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Funds Foundation Fighting Blindness Campaign for Awareness of Retinal Diseasse Research



03/26/2007 Figure Skater and Olympic Champion Nancy Kerrigan will Serve as Spokesperson for FFB



01/26/2007 Dr. Matthew Maurice LaVail Receives Llura Liggett Gund Award for Excellence in Retinal Degeneration Research



10/02/2006 Foundation Fighting Blindness and Oxford BioMedica Partner to Accelerate Development of Promising Gene Therapy for Stargardt Disease



09/20/2006 Age-Related Macular Degeneration can lead to Depression and Suicide



07/25/2006 Ironman Triathlete with Retinal Disease Partners with Foundation Fighting Blindness and Zeal Optics



06/16/2006 Bush’s “Sunglasses Remark” Raises Awareness



06/15/2006 White House Reporter’s Sunglasses Shed Light on Blinding Diseases



11/28/2005 NBC’S “THREE WISHES” MAKES THE HOLIDAY BRIGHT BY GRANTING 13 WISHES FOR CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE AIRING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2



11/07/2005 Preliminary Data from Phase III Trial Show Lucentis is the First Investigational Therapy to Demonstrate Clinical Benefit over Visudyne



08/09/2005 Cyclists Ride for the Blind



08/04/2005 Two Utah Cyclists Ride for the Blind



05/17/2005 New York, NY - Sight & Sound – Perfect Together!



05/05/2005 William T. Schmidt Named CEO of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



04/14/2005 Day of Science showcases technology, research for visually impaired



03/30/2005 The Foundation Fighting Blindness Hosts One-Day Science & Technology Conference on Retinal Degenerative Diseases



03/07/2005 FFB ANNOUNCES THIRD ANNUAL “BLIND” WINE TASTING EVENT!



03/02/2005 Baltimore “Blind” Wine Tasting to Benefit The Foundation Fighting Blindness



02/01/2005 Denice Brown Elected to Board of National Trustees



02/01/2005 Jack Wilson Elected to Board of National Trustees



02/01/2005 Pamela Allen Elected to Board of National Trustees



02/01/2005 Linda Lechner Elected to Board of National Trustees



02/01/2005 Tom Curley Elected to Board of National Trustees



01/10/2005 BLIND FOR A DAY



12/28/2004 Dr. Stephen Rose Joins The Foundation Fighting Blindness As New Chief Research Officer



12/20/2004 FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration



12/20/2004 Enzon Reports Eyetech and Pfizer Announce FDA Approval of Macugen for the Treatment of Neovascular-Wet-Age-Related Macular Degeneration



12/03/2004 IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY - IHOP FEEDS BALTIMORE



11/05/2004 National Neurovision Research Institute Breaks Through Barriers to Human Clinical Trials



10/13/2004 Local Salinas Man with Blinding Disease to Participate in Ironman



10/12/2004 San Francisco, CA - "Blind" Wine Tasting and Auction



10/12/2004 "Dancing in the Dark" to Benefit The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/27/2004 Parent Petroleum Gasoline Dealers Unite To Fight Blindness



08/02/2004 Clifford B. Aaron Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 William Carty Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Steve Mack Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Steve Alper Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Daniel Day Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Frank Trainor Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Jordan Bergstein Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Loretta Hoffelder Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Scott W. Burt Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



08/02/2004 Ramon Gomez Appointed to Board of National Trustees of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



07/22/2004 FFB-Sponsored Research Reveals a New Gene Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration, reports The New England Journal of Medicine



06/11/2004 Baltimore City Yacht Association & Magothy River Sailing Association Sponsor the 16th Annual "Sail for Sight" Regatta Benefiting FFB



04/28/2004 Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Finalizes Agreement To Evaluate VTA Platform For The Treatment Ocular Disease



03/25/2004 La Jolla, CA - Blind Wine Tasting Event



03/18/2004 17th Annual Fantasy Hockey Draft Takes to the Ice



02/06/2004 The Foundation Fighting Blindness Hosts Free Seminar on Macular Degeneration, Feb.15, 2004



01/06/2004 The Foundation Fighting Blindness Hosts Free Seminar on Macular Degeneration, Feb.2, 2004



12/19/2003 Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces Ritchie L. Geisel As New Chief Executive Officer



11/27/2003 Oxford Biomedica Secures Funding From The Foundation Fighting Blindness For Its Retinostat™ Product For Vision-Loss



10/21/2003 FFB-Sponsored Study Leads to Discovery of New AMD Gene



10/03/2003 MACULAR DEGENERATION SEMINAR



10/01/2003 “Evening On Broadway II” featuring Paul Todd to benefit The Foundation Fighting Blindness



09/29/2003 “Dancing in the Dark” to Benefit The Foundation Fighting Blindness



07/08/2003 Yvonne Chester Appointed Secretary of The Foundation Fighting Blindness



07/02/2003 OXiGENE Announces Launch of Ophthalmic Clinical Trial at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine



07/01/2003 Haynes Lea Appointed Vice-Chairman of Foundation Fighting Blindness



06/30/2003 Foundation Fighting Blindness Announces Stuart C. Turgel As New Chief Development Officer



06/17/2003 Foundation Fighting Blindness Teams Up With Chili Pepper Racing



05/29/2003 1st Annual “Fish to See” Fishing Tournament



05/29/2003 18th Annual Humanitarian Award Dinner



05/27/2003 1st Annual Baltimore “Blind” Wine Tasting



05/13/2003 15th Annual Sail for Sight Regatta



05/01/2003 Foundation Fighting Blindness Selected to be Part of CIBC Miracle Day



04/30/2003 Philadelphia “Blind” Wine Tasting Gala



04/30/2003 Los Angeles “Blind” Wine Tasting and Auction



04/22/2003 Baltimore “Blind” Wine Tasting to Benefit The Foundation Fighting Blindness



04/18/2003 Howard Hirsch to be Recipient of Humanitarian Award from The Foundation Fighting Blindness at New York Dinner and Gala



04/16/2003 4th Annual People & Paws - Walk for Sight



03/21/2003 16th Annual Fantasy Hockey Draft Takes to the Ice



03/21/2003 2nd Annual “Swing For Sight” Golf Tournament



03/21/2003 16th Annual Fashion Show & Dinner



03/06/2003 PEOPLE & PAWS-WALK FOR SIGHT



01/07/2003 “Miracles Do Happen”



12/14/2002 The Foundation Fighting Blindness and OXiGENE Sign Historic Research Agreement for Phase I/II Clinical Trial



12/13/2002 Neurotech Reports in IOVS that Encapsulated Cell Based Delivery of CNTF Reduces Photoreceptor Degeneration in Animal Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa



12/06/2002 Foundation Hosts "Evening on Broadway"



09/06/2002 Alan Kahn, Receives “Builders of Sight” Award



09/03/2002 Haynes Lea Receives "Builders of Sight" Award



06/04/2002 Retinal Chip Research Profiled on NBC television program Dateline



11/30/2001 The Foundation Named One of Worth Magazine’s “100 Best Charities”



08/09/2001 The Foundation Fighting Blindness to Host Annual Conference in Dallas



06/04/2001 Michael Bloomberg to Receive Humanitarian Award



03/21/2001 Dr. John Dowling, Harvard Researcher, Receives Prestigious Award from The Foundation Fighting Blindness



03/09/2001 Rodeway Inn Supports Macular Degeneration Research



01/10/2001 The Foundation Fighting Blindness Visionary Award Dinner - Northern California




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