The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) and Verus Pharmaceuticals Work Together to Raise Awareness of Food...( Local San Diego Companies and Citiz...)

Local San Diego Companies and Citizens unite to support the upcoming San Diego FAAN Walk to be held Sunday, October 7, at De Anza Cove in Mission

Bay Park at 9:00 a.m.

FAIRFAX, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), a Fairfax-based non-profit organization and a world leader in information about food allergies, and Verus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a San Diego-based specialty pharmaceutical company who sells the Twinject(R) auto-injector in the United States, continue to work together to raise awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction). For the second year, Verus is a national sponsor for the 19 FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure fundraising events. Last year, the 12 FAAN Walk for Food Allergy events raised more than $1 million nationwide.

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Hundreds of community, civic and business leaders, and citizens will come together Sunday, October 7 at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park in San Diego for a family-friendly fundraising walk to increase awareness about food allergies and raise money for research and education.

"We are very pleased that Verus has joined the FAAN team as a National Sponsor for the second consecutive year, demonstrating their support for all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis," says FAAN CEO and founder Anne Munoz-Furlong. "It's critical that we all work together to help find the answer, as well as a cure."

More than 500 San Diego-area residents are expected to walk with company teams, organizational groups, families and individually. Also attending will be national FAAN representatives who will be joined by Monica Dean, NBC 7/39 Reporter and Anchor and San Diego FAAN walk Honorary Chair; Jeremy Dinkins, San Diego FAAN Walk Child Ambassador; and
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