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Southeastern Legal Foundation Applauds Department of Education's Actions to Stop Continued Title IX Violations in Kansas Schools
ROSWELL, Georgia, June 13 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on June 11, 2026:
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Southeastern Legal Foundation applauds Department of Education's actions to stop continued Title IX violations in Kansas schools
Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) applauds the recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued Letters of Impending Enforcement Action to three Kansas school districts including Shawnee Mission School District for failing to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
SLF President
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ROSWELL, Georgia, June 13 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release on June 11, 2026:
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Southeastern Legal Foundation applauds Department of Education's actions to stop continued Title IX violations in Kansas schools
Today, Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) applauds the recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued Letters of Impending Enforcement Action to three Kansas school districts including Shawnee Mission School District for failing to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
SLF PresidentKim Hermann applauded OCR's announcement:
We are extremely thankful for this strong action by the Department of Education to hold Kansas schools accountable for not complying with Title IX. Too many schools across the country are ignoring Title IX which Congress put in place to protect our girls and ensure they have the same educational opportunities as boys. Now, in the name of Woke and gender ideology, we see schools like Shawnee Mission School District where our clients first grade daughter experienced years of serious emotional distress after continuously encountering a biological male student identifying as female in the girls' bathroom.
When faced with complying with Title IX or continuing to allow a biological boy to invade girls' private spaces, the district chose to continue to violate federal law and cause shame to its young girls who simply want to use the bathroom in privacy. This action by the Department sends a message to all school districts, that this can no longer happen. Schools need to be a safe space for students where they only have to worry about their classes, not uncomfortable encounters like our clients' daughter went through. We sincerely hope that this move by the department of education will encourage more parents to stand up and fight for their children that may be going through a similar instance.
This recent move from the Department of Education follows a joint complaint filed by SLF and Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI) to OCR against the school district, challenging its unlawful policies which allowed students to access sex-separated facilities based on gender identity and enforced the use of preferred names and pronouns among students. The complaint was filed on behalf of Kansas parents and their first-grade daughter who encountered a biological male identifying as a female in the girl's restroom. As a result of the experience, the first grader has expressed significant emotional distress and has been forced to use staff bathrooms separate from the student bathrooms to protect her privacy.
In April 2026, OCR determined that Shawnee Mission School District violated Title IX by allowing biological boys to use girls' bathrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms. Unfortunately, the school district refused to stop its unlawful actions and biological boys continued to use girls' bathrooms through the end of the school year. The Department of Education is now taking action.
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Original text here: https://slfliberty.org/southeastern-legal-foundation-applauds-department-of-educations-actions-to-stop-continued-title-ix-violations-in-kansas-schools/
Campaign Headquarters or Church? FFRF Asks IRS to Investigate Oklahoma Pastor
MADISON, Wisconsin, June 13 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
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Campaign headquarters or church? FFRF asks IRS to investigate Oklahoma pastor
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the IRS to investigate an Oklahoma church after its pastor, congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer, publicly stated that supporters could pick up campaign yard signs directly from his church.
In a complaint filed with the IRS, FFRF reports that Sheridan Church in Tulsa appears to be using its facilities and resources to support Lahmeyer's congressional campaign,
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MADISON, Wisconsin, June 13 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release:
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Campaign headquarters or church? FFRF asks IRS to investigate Oklahoma pastor
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the IRS to investigate an Oklahoma church after its pastor, congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer, publicly stated that supporters could pick up campaign yard signs directly from his church.
In a complaint filed with the IRS, FFRF reports that Sheridan Church in Tulsa appears to be using its facilities and resources to support Lahmeyer's congressional campaign,a practice prohibited for tax-exempt churches under federal law.
"Tax-exempt churches are not permitted to function as campaign headquarters for political candidates," says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. "When a pastor tells supporters they can pick up campaign signs at his church, it shows that the church is providing tangible institutional support for a political campaign and it also inappropriately links the church with the candidate."
FFRF's legal complaint notes that this is not the first time concerns have been raised regarding political activity at Sheridan Church.
FFRF previously alerted the IRS to violations of the tax-exempt code after Lahmeyer hosted Tulsa mayoral candidate Brent VanNorman at Sheridan Church and solicited campaign donations from congregants in 2024. Lahmeyer has publicly joked about the repeated complaints filed against his church, remarking: "If I had a dollar for every time somebody reported my church to the IRS, I'd be a very wealthy guy." The apparent lack of IRS enforcement or action clearly has emboldened the pastor to continue violating the law.
Federal law is clear that organizations receiving the privilege of tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code may not "participate in, or intervene in ... any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." That protection, commonly known as the Johnson Amendment, has been part of federal law since 1954 and helps ensure that tax-deductible charitable contributions are not used to subsidize partisan political campaigns.
The FFRF complaint comes at a time when the Johnson Amendment is under renewed attack by the Trump administration and Christian nationalist groups seeking to transform churches into tax-subsidized political organizations. Earlier this year, a federal court rejected an effort by the National Religious Broadcasters and allied churches to effectively nullify the Johnson Amendment through a proposed settlement with the IRS. FFRF hailed the decision after warning that it would open the door for churches to become virtual tax-free PACs while retaining their tax-exempt status.
FFRF notes that churches are financial "black holes," already enjoying unique privileges under federal law, including exemptions from many of the financial reporting requirements imposed on other nonprofit organizations. The Johnson Amendment provides one of the few safeguards that ensures that tax-deductible donations intended for religious or charitable purposes are not diverted to partisan electioneering.
FFRF clarifies that 501(c)(3) organizations are free to participate in politics, but in that case should not receive special tax advantages while doing so. Likewise, pastors and other religious figures as individuals are free to endorse or fund candidates, but may not do so using any charitable resources.
FFRF's complaint emphasizes that the situation is particularly concerning because Lahmeyer is both a church leader and a candidate for federal office, creating an obvious risk that church facilities, staff, communications channels and other tax-exempt resources are being used to advance his personal political ambitions.
FFRF is asking the IRS to investigate the extent to which Sheridan Church resources are being misused to support Lahmeyer's campaign and to take appropriate enforcement action against any violations found.
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to defending the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters relating to nontheism. With about 41,000 members (including hundreds in Oklahoma), FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org.
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Original text here: https://ffrf.org/news/releases/campaign-headquarters-or-church-ffrf-asks-irs-to-investigate-oklahoma-pastor/
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WLF Urges Ninth Circuit to Reverse District Court's Refusal to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
WASHINGTON, June 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Urges Ninth Circuit to Reverse District Court's Refusal to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
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"Allowing plaintiffs to evade signed arbitration agreements by claiming they never read them would destroy the certainty that written contracts exist to provide."
-Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
Click HERE to read WLF's brief.
WASHINGTON, DC-Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse
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WASHINGTON, June 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Urges Ninth Circuit to Reverse District Court's Refusal to Enforce Arbitration Agreement
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"Allowing plaintiffs to evade signed arbitration agreements by claiming they never read them would destroy the certainty that written contracts exist to provide."
-Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
Click HERE to read WLF's brief.
WASHINGTON, DC-Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reversea district court order denying arbitration. In its amicus brief, WLF contends that the decision nullifies the parties' express contractual assents and exhibits the very hostility to arbitration that the Federal Arbitration Act forbids.
The case arises from a putative class action by investors against Equity Trust Company, custodian of their self-directed IRAs. Every plaintiff signed an application with two prominent acknowledgments-one in a blue "IMPORTANT" banner and the other in bold type-that they had received, read, and understood the IRA Custodial Account Agreement, including its arbitration provision. Yet the district court denied Equity Trust's motion to compel arbitration, crediting plaintiffs' post-hoc declarations that they never saw or read the clause.
Urging reversal, WLF argues that the district court rewrote California's incorporation-by-reference standard, improperly elevated subjective testimony over objective manifestations of assent, and abused its discretion by deciding the motion on a ground the parties never raised or briefed. Unless corrected on appeal, these errors threaten to convert every signed contract into a revocable promise and expose businesses to unbounded litigation risk.
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2026/06/12/communicating/wlf-urges-ninth-circuit-to-reverse-district-courts-refusal-to-enforce-arbitration-agreement/
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Prostate Cancer Treatment to Cut Radiotherapy Sessions From 20 to Five
LONDON, England, June 12 -- The Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust issued the following news:
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New NHS prostate cancer treatment to cut radiotherapy sessions from 20 to five
The new treatment rollout follows evidence from the international PACE-B trial, which was led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
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Researchers at The Royal Marsden have welcomed the announcement that thousands of men with localised prostate cancer will now be offered a shorter course of high-precision radiotherapy on the NHS, following results from the PACE-B clinical trial led by The Royal
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LONDON, England, June 12 -- The Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust issued the following news:
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New NHS prostate cancer treatment to cut radiotherapy sessions from 20 to five
The new treatment rollout follows evidence from the international PACE-B trial, which was led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
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Researchers at The Royal Marsden have welcomed the announcement that thousands of men with localised prostate cancer will now be offered a shorter course of high-precision radiotherapy on the NHS, following results from the PACE-B clinical trial led by The RoyalMarsden and The Institute of Cancer Research, London (ICR).
The new NHS England policy will make stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) available to eligible men with low and intermediate-risk localised prostate cancer. The treatment uses advanced imaging and treatment planning techniques to deliver radiation with pinpoint accuracy, minimising damage to surrounding healthy tissue. It delivers five high doses of radiation to patients over one to two weeks, compared to standard radiotherapy, which delivers more moderate doses over a much longer period of time - usually around 20 sessions for patients in the UK, which can take up to one month.
The decision follows evidence from the international PACE-B trial, which was led by The Royal Marsden and the ICR. The study compared standard radiotherapy with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in men with localised prostate cancer and found that delivering higher doses of radiation in just five treatment sessions was as safe and effective as conventional treatment, while significantly reducing the time patients spend receiving treatment.
Findings have had international impact on clinical practice for prostate cancer treatment
"We are delighted that eligible prostate cancer patients across England will now be able to benefit from this treatment following NHS England's announcement," said Chief Investigator of the PACE-B trial, Professor Nicholas van As, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Professor in Precision Prostate Radiotherapy at The Institute of Cancer Research, London.
"The news demonstrates the value of clinical research in improving cancer care. At The Royal Marsden and the ICR, we are focused on developing smarter, better and kinder treatments for patients across the UK and around the world.
"The PACE-B trial was designed to answer an important question: can we safely deliver prostate radiotherapy in far fewer treatment sessions without compromising outcomes? The results showed that we can. Delivering treatment in just five sessions was as safe and effective as conventional radiotherapy, while significantly reducing the burden of treatment for patients. The findings helped establish the evidence base for wider adoption of the treatment and have informed clinical practice internationally."
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Original text here: https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/new-nhs-prostate-cancer-treatment-cut-radiotherapy-sessions-20-five
Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Tax Reform is Essential to Restore Prosperity in Argentina
LOS ANGELES, California, June 12 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Research Director Geoffrey Lawrence and Ivan Cachanosky, chief of economics at Fundacion Libertad y Progreso:
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Tax reform is essential to restore prosperity in Argentina
An excessive tax burden drives workers and businesses into informality, but with changes the country can regain the wealth it once had.
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Taxes in Argentina are so high that they drive workers and businesses out of the legal economy. Javier Milei was elected with the promise of ending chronic deficits, taming inflation, and restoring
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LOS ANGELES, California, June 12 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Research Director Geoffrey Lawrence and Ivan Cachanosky, chief of economics at Fundacion Libertad y Progreso:
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Tax reform is essential to restore prosperity in Argentina
An excessive tax burden drives workers and businesses into informality, but with changes the country can regain the wealth it once had.
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Taxes in Argentina are so high that they drive workers and businesses out of the legal economy. Javier Milei was elected with the promise of ending chronic deficits, taming inflation, and restoringgrowth. He quickly delivered on the first two points of that promise. Monetary stability and fiscal balance were necessary conditions for growth, but they are not sufficient to restore Argentina's legacy as a prosperous society.
The real obstacle preventing sustained growth is a tax system that suffocates formal activity and pushes nearly half of the workforce into informality. Of the 155 taxes that fall on businesses and families, just seven account for 87% of total revenue. The World Bank has estimated that these overlapping taxes create an average effective burden exceeding 106% of the earnings of a typical business. This is the second-highest effective corporate tax rate in the world, behind only Comoros, a tiny island nation off the southeast coast of Africa. This level of taxation destroys any incentive to invest or undertake entrepreneurship and makes full compliance impossible.
Employer and employee social security contributions together amount to between 35% and 41% of wages. On top of that, registered workers must pay income tax. These levies create a tax wedge that leads many workers to conclude they can improve their take-home pay by accepting informal arrangements and hiding their income, even if their nominal wages are lower than those of registered, taxpaying workers.
Millions of Argentines have taken refuge in the margins of society to escape these overlapping taxes, emptying the tax base. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC), 44.1% of the employed population works in the informal economy. While this may be a rational choice in the face of such perverse incentives, the resulting macroeconomic structure limits opportunities for growth. Informal or non-compliant companies have limited access to credit and few incentives to invest in machinery or train workers, since their main goal is to conceal their activity.
Our research compares INDEC household survey data with variations in provincial gross receipts taxes and shows that higher tax pressure is strongly associated with increased labor informality. In construction, for example, each additional percentage point of taxes corresponds to an 8.5% increase in informality, even after accounting for mitigating factors. This means that every tax increase generates less total revenue because people shift to informality very quickly. In theory, tax cuts could also increase public revenue if households and businesses respond by returning to compliance.
Lowering taxes does not have to be an act of faith. Lawrence, the lead author, recommends a gradual, data-driven approach to tax reform that gives the private sector time to respond before moving to subsequent phases. This approach ensures the stability of public revenue while the tax structure gradually becomes simpler and more rational.
Phase 1 would replace provincial gross receipts taxes with a simple consumer sales tax and reduce the national VAT to 10% in a revenue-neutral manner. At the same time, the revenue-sharing system should be restructured to align spending authority with the political responsibility for raising revenue. Provinces would directly administer and collect many of their own taxes, and some benefit from a transitional stabilization fund to maintain current revenue levels. Milei recently discussed this idea in broad terms.
Phase 2 would progressively eliminate distortive taxes on trade so that Argentina can integrate into global markets. Phase 3 would implement longer-term rate reductions on income tax and social security contributions.
Along with these reforms, the tax amnesty program included in the labor modernization law passed in March 2026 will be a key catalyst for bringing Argentines back into the formal economy. The amnesty allows a company that hires a new registered employee on whose behalf no social security contributions have been made in the last 12 months (an indicator of prior informality) to pay only 2% in employer contributions for up to four years of that employee's formal employment.
Together, these changes could bring Argentines out of the shadows where they hid from an unworkable tax regime. More fundamentally, they could represent a profound cultural shift, because Argentines would no longer feel compelled to conceal their lives and their income. Mutual trust could once again become a defining feature of Argentine life.
Argentina was once one of the richest countries in the world. It can be again. It only needs the right policy environment.
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Ivan Cachanosky is chief of economics at Fundacion Libertad y Progreso.
Geoffrey Lawrence is research director at Reason Foundation.
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Original text here: https://reason.org/commentary/tax-reform-is-essential-to-restore-prosperity-in-argentina/
Health Foundation: Latest NHS Performance Figures Underline Need for Robust NHS Workforce Plan
LONDON, England, June 12 -- The Health Foundation issued the following statement by Deputy Director of Policy Tim Gardner:
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Latest NHS performance figures underline need for robust NHS workforce plan
Responding to the latest NHS performance statistics, Tim Gardner, Deputy Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's figures reflect a huge effort from NHS staff to maintain hospital care against the backdrop of a challenging month, including a heatwave and industrial action by resident doctors.
'The waiting list for routine hospital treatment increased to 7.22 million in
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LONDON, England, June 12 -- The Health Foundation issued the following statement by Deputy Director of Policy Tim Gardner:
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Latest NHS performance figures underline need for robust NHS workforce plan
Responding to the latest NHS performance statistics, Tim Gardner, Deputy Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, said:
'Today's figures reflect a huge effort from NHS staff to maintain hospital care against the backdrop of a challenging month, including a heatwave and industrial action by resident doctors.
'The waiting list for routine hospital treatment increased to 7.22 million inApril, with a slight worsening of waiting times and the number of very long waits following rapid gains in March ahead of the interim targets.
'Urgent and emergency care continued to face severe pressure in May. 75.7% of patients waited less than four hours in A&E departments, which remains short of the NHS's interim target to hit 78% by March 2026. Today's data also highlight, for the first time, the full scale of 'unacceptable' corridor care in NHS hospitals, with nearly 3,000 instances per day of patients spending at least 45 minutes in spaces not appropriate for clinical care in May.
'To deliver on the government's ambitions to cut waiting times, end corridor care and implement wider changes to improve care outside of hospital, the NHS needs to be able to recruit and retain a highly skilled workforce backed by strong management. Ensuring the upcoming workforce plan is robust and credible will be critical to the success of the 10-Year Health Plan.'
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Original text here: https://www.health.org.uk/media-office/press-releases/latest-nhs-performance-figures-underline-need-for-robust-nhs-workforce-plan
Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for use in Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes in the US
NEW YORK, June 12 -- Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, posted the following news release:
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Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for use in Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes in the US
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NEW YORK, June 12, 2026 -Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, applauds today's decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Tzield for use in individuals ages 8-17 within eight weeks of a stage 3 T1D diagnosis. Stage 3 T1D occurs when the body can no longer produce
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NEW YORK, June 12 -- Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, posted the following news release:
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Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for use in Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes in the US
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NEW YORK, June 12, 2026 -Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, applauds today's decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Tzield for use in individuals ages 8-17 within eight weeks of a stage 3 T1D diagnosis. Stage 3 T1D occurs when the body can no longer produceenough insulin on its own to manage blood sugars and insulin therapy is required. A T1D diagnosis usually occurs in this stage, and the FDA's decision marks the first approval of a disease-modifying therapy for stage 3 T1D.
The PROTECT study showed Tzield preserved beta cell function in individuals with stage 3 T1D and delayed further disease progression. Tzield was approved in 2022 as the first disease-modifying therapy for use in stage 2 T1D and remains the first and only disease-modifying therapy available in T1D.
"The approval of Tzield for individuals ages 8-17 with stage 3 type 1 diabetes is an exciting milestone that reinforces the importance of beta cell preservation and provides an opportunity to change the course of the disease for those living with T1D," said Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D., Breakthrough T1D CEO. "For the first time, individuals diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in stage 3 will have the option to treat the disease rather than just the symptoms. Breakthrough T1D thanks the FDA for recognizing the urgent unmet need in T1D and granting Tzield accelerated approval. We are also grateful for Sanofi's continued study of Tzield, and we look forward to the results of the confirmatory clinical research."
Study of Tzield in this patient population is ongoing through Sanofi's confirmatory BETA-PRESERVE study, which will provide more information on the drug in the coming years. As the first FDA-approved therapy for stage 3 T1D, Tzield also charts a regulatory path forward for the many disease-modifying therapies in the T1D pipeline that rely on C-peptide as a clinical trial endpoint.
Breakthrough T1D has supported the evolution of Tzield for decades, including contributions through research grants, federal funding through the Special Diabetes Program, a strategic investment by the T1D Fund into Provention Bio, which was developing the drug prior to its acquisition by Sanofi in 2023, and more. Breakthrough T1D will continue to work so that individuals across the globe in stage 3 T1D have more therapy options.
About Breakthrough T1D, Formerly JDRF
As the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with type 1 diabetes better while driving toward cures. We do this by investing in the most promising research, advocating for progress by working with government to address issues that impact the T1D community, and helping educate and empower individuals facing this condition.
About Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
T1D is an autoimmune condition that causes the pancreas to make very little insulin or none at all. This leads to dependence on insulin therapy and the risk of short and long-term complications, which can include highs and lows in blood sugar; damage to the kidneys, eyes, nerves, and heart; and even death. Globally, it impacts 9.5 million people. Many believe T1D is only diagnosed in childhood and adolescence, but diagnosis in adulthood is common and accounts for nearly 50% of all T1D diagnoses. The onset of T1D has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved. There is currently no cure for T1D.
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Original text here: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/for-the-media/press-releases/breakthrough-t1d-celebrates-approval-of-tzield-for-use-in-stage-3-type-1-diabetes-in-the-us/
