Vancouver, BC, December 5, 2024 – SOLVE FSHD, a venture philanthropy organization dedicated to catalyzing innovation and overcoming barriers to accelerate new therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), is calling on innovators worldwide to compete for the USD$10 million FSHD Bonus Prize, part of the XPRIZE Healthspan Competition launched on November 29, 2023. As part of …
SOLVE FSHD AnnouncesNew Collaborative Research Grants to Accelerate Novel Potential Therapeutics for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) VANCOUVER, B.C., July 11, 2023 – SOLVE FSHD, a venture philanthropy organization catalyzing innovation and removing barriers to accelerate new therapies for FSHD, announced today that it has awarded grants totalling USD $1.4M to four new collaborative research projects that address critical …
SOLVE FSHD invests in Epic Bio for the development of a novel treatment for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Investment will further accelerate the development of EPI-321 VANCOUVER, B.C., April 18, 2023 – SOLVE FSHD, a venture-philanthropic organization catalyzing the pace of innovation to accelerate a cure for FSHD, announced today an investment in Epic Bio, a biotechnology …
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Following SOLVE FSHD’s recent acclaimed launch, the organization is pleased to formally announce the appointment of Dr. Eva Chin as the Executive Director. SOLVE FSHD’s Founder, Chip Wilson, has personally committed USD100 million to find a cure for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a rare disease he was diagnosed with at the age …
VANCOUVER, B.C. – SOLVE FSHD, the venture-philanthropy organization founded by entrepreneur Chip Wilson, announces its financial support to the FSHD Canada Foundation’s strategic investment of US$1.2M in biomarker grant funding to facilitate biomarker research in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The FSHD Canada Foundation acknowledges the generous support of SOLVE FSHD towards funding these grants. The …
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The world’s most successful entrepreneurs are often willing to share how lessons learned and resilience have shaped their business sense, but few transcend their successes to optimistically forge a path to overcome one’s biggest challenge – their health. Going public with his own story, Wilson, who was diagnosed with Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy …