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We are elated to announce that Healx, an AI-powered technology company that shares our passion for patient-centered care, has chosen to team up with Mission: Cure to help find a cure for chronic pancreatitis! Mission: Cure was chosen from among many rare disease organizations to be part of Healx's Rare Treatment Accelerator Program (RTA) with the aim of starting a…

Mission: Cure was established in 2017 to improve patient outcomes, find effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for pancreatitis. Over the last three years, patients have consistently shared their dismal experience and the financial toll of navigating the medical system in search of a diagnosis and/or a treatment plan while suffering with pain, hopelessness, and poor outcomes. We are conducting…

About Mission: Cure Mission: Cure was founded in 2017 to find effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for pancreatitis, an extremely painful, degenerative and costly disease. Led by Megan Golden, a leader in innovative, outcome-based financing such as “Social Impact Bonds,” and Linda Martin, a veteran technology entrepreneur, Mission: Cure is pioneering a new funding model that creates new incentives…

If you: Have chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, AND Have been diagnosed with diabetes, Are between the ages of 40 and 85, you may be elegible to participate in a new research study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study seeks to develop a blood test that can separate diabetes caused by pancreatic cancer or chronic pancreatitis…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Mission: Cure” Launched to Harness Innovative Financing and Impact Investing to Cure Disease; Pioneers New Approach by Attacking Pancreatic Disease New York, New York, Tuesday, November 7, 2017—The new nonprofit Mission: Cure will convene the world’s leading pancreatic experts at the American Pancreatic Association meeting in San Diego on November 10th to devise a 10-year plan to…

On February 28, 2019, Rare Disease Day, an alliance of leading life-science companies, in partnership with Mission: Cure, announced the promising results of a 4-month "datathon" aimed at identifying potential treatments for chronic pancreatitis. Using artificial intelligence and statistical techniques, datathon participants identified 4 existing, approved drugs as repurposing candidates worth testing as possible cures for pancreatitis. New Pancreatitis Treatment…