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September 7, 2024:

The Dion Foundation is funding the first-ever clinical trial for LGMD 2C

The Dion Foundation and Atamyo Therapeutics Announce a Partnership to Expand into the US Atamyo’s Clinical Trial of ATA-200 Gene Therapy to Treat Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2C/R5

β€œWe are thrilled by this key partnership and grateful to the Dion Foundation for their financial support which aims to include US patients in the first-in-human trial for ATA-200,” said StΓ©phane Degove, CEO of Atamyo. β€œWe are already engaged in the preparation of an IND filing in the US for ATA-200.”

Atamyo is a spin-off of Genethon, a non-profit research organization that is a pioneer in developing gene therapies for rare diseases. ATA-200 is based on the research of Atamyo Chief Scientific Officer Isabelle Richard, Ph.D., Research Director at National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in France and head of the Progressive Muscular Dystrophies Laboratory at Genethon.

Genethon CEO Frederic Revah observed, β€œThis partnership between the Dion Foundation and Atamyo, a spin-off from Genethon, represents another major milestone in our efforts over the past 30 years to develop gene therapies for rare diseases and bring them to patients worldwide.”

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From the moment we learned of Peter and Maggie’s diagnoses of LGMD 2C/R5 we have been working tirelessly towards this day. β€œWe are so grateful for the opportunity to establish a partnership with Atamyo to help facilitate bringing their groundbreaking research to a clinical site in the US for the very first clinical trial for children with LGMD2C/R5. This is a monumental step for the entire LGMD community,” said Courtney Dion, Co-Founder and President of the Dion Foundation.

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Your support has given us the opportunity to finance the US expansion of Atamyo’s first-ever clinical trial for LGMD 2C/R5! Now, more than ever, we need your continued support: donate, share, spread the news… every small step counts towards this momentous leap for LGMD!

WHO WE ARE

PETER & MAGGIE WERE BOTH BORN WITH 10 PERFECT FINGERS AND 10 PERFECT TOES. THEY WERE BOTH DISCHARGED HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND HIT ALL THEIR DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES…

NINE YEARS LATER, EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN PETER & MAGGIE WERE BE DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TYPE 2C (SARCOGLYCANOPATHY)

A RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE WASTING DISEASE, CAUSED BY GENETIC MUTATIONS. WITH NO CURE.

THUS, THE DION FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED. TO RAISE AWARENESS, FUND RESEARCH AND FIND A TREATMENT FOR THIS FATAL DISEASE.

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LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TYPES 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F

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