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Michael J. Fox Foundation Names Core Programs in Honor of Humanitarian Edmond J. Safra
Date:11/3/2008

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- At the "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's Disease" gala benefiting The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, to be held this week in New York City, Founder Michael J. Fox will announce that the Foundation has named its core programs in honor of the late philanthropist and humanitarian Edmond J. Safra.

MJFF's Edmond J. Safra Core Programs for PD Research are three annual funding initiatives designed to keep the drug development pipeline for Parkinson's disease flowing with novel, high-impact ideas promising tangible improvements in patients' quality of life sooner rather than later.

In 1999 Mr. Safra founded The Edmond J. Safra Foundation, which has been a generous and steadfast supporter of The Michael J. Fox Foundation's mission to speed progress toward transformative treatments --- and ultimately a cure --- for Parkinson's disease. He shared his devotion to this cause with his beloved wife, Lily, a member of the Board of The Michael J. Fox Foundation and, since her husband's passing, Chairman of The Edmond J. Safra Foundation.

"Lily has been a great personal friend to me, and under her leadership the Edmond J. Safra Foundation has been a dedicated steward of our Foundation's efforts to accelerate the cure," said Michael J. Fox. "It is only appropriate that the programs defining the core of our Foundation's mission to significantly impact patients' lives should serve as a lasting tribute to Edmond J. Safra."

Considered by many to have been among the greatest bankers of his generation, Mr. Safra also was an extraordinary philanthropist. He contributed to countless humanitarian, religious, educational and cultural causes the world over. He was deeply committed to the search for a cure for neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Parkinson's disease, and made the support of medical research in this field one of the key objectives of The Edmond J. Safra Foundation. '/>"/>

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