New Law Allows Seniors to Make Retirement Gifts for CF Research
December 11, 2006
Did you know that you can make a tax-free gift to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation using funds from your IRA? The Pension Protection Act of 2006 has created new tax incentives for charitable gifts for donors who are age 70 ½ or older.
Beginning now and through the end of 2007, you can make a tax-free distribution of up to $100,000 a year from a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA to qualified charities.
Help ensure that the mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation continues and make a planned gift today.
For more information, please contact: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Office of Planned Giving at (800) FIGHT CF or send an e-mail to plannedgiving@cff.org.
Velcade Approved for Mantle Cell Lymphoma December 11, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Last Updated: 2006-12-08 15:44:42 -0400 (Reuters Health)
BOSTON (Reuters) - Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday it won U.S. approval to market Velcade (bortezomib) for patients with an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Velcade, which is currently approved to treat multiple myeloma, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to treat mantle cell lymphoma in patients who have received at least one prior therapy. The green light marks the first time Velcade has received approval in any lymphoma The approval was based on a trial involving 155 patients with advanced mantle cell lymphoma who had failed at least one previous therapy. Velcade is also being tested in combination with Rituxan (rituximab) in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma. For more information and ways that you can help, visit:
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