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Article: Reauthorization of Muscular Dystrophy Bill Signed into Law.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 22, 2008
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President George W. Bush today signed into law legislation to fund important research and improve patient care for muscular dystrophy. The bill builds on the success of an earlier act, called the MD-CARE Act, which was adopted in 2001. The new legislation was unanimously agreed to by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate (see also Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy).
"This bill means so much to the boys with Duchenne, their families, and everyone touched by this lethal disease," said Pat Furlong, founder and CEO of the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD). Furlong and her group initiated and pushed the original legislation in 2001, and again ...