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Emma Heming Willis speaks at an AFTD benefit at Soho Sessions

Vanity Fair Features Soho Sessions AFTD Benefit in Honor of Bruce Willis

A Soho Sessions benefit concert for AFTD was the subject of an article in Vanity Fair this…

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Graphic Text: Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Ends PSP TRial of AMX 0035

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Ends PSP Trial of AMX0035

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced recently that it would end its phase 2b trial of its drug AMX0035 for…

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A montage of resolutions and proclamations to raise FTD awareness, showing that advocacy works

Tenacious AFTD Advocacy Gaining Momentum

With 2025’s FTD Awareness Week now behind us, AFTD’s Advocacy team is already gearing up its efforts…

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The New York FTD Registry: How Advocacy Drives Change

The International Business Times UK recently drew an important connection between FTD advocacy efforts and the new…

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Graphic Title: AFTD and ADDF Award $2.5 million to Vesper Biotechnology for Drug VES001 Clinical Trial in FTD | Background: A lone male scientist works in a lab

AFTD and ADDF Award $2.5 million to Vesper Biotechnology for Drug VES001 Clinical Trial in FTD

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) recently awarded $2.5 million…

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AFTD Ambassador and “Protective Mama Bear” Dawn Kirby Interviewed on Podcast

Dawn Kirby’s daughter Kara was diagnosed with FTD at age 29.  In a recent episode of the…

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