Updates for the Lafora Therapy Pipeline: Requesting information from our Research Community

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At our 2025 Lafora Symposium, several of the Lafora patient organizations decided to work together to better support therapy development for Lafora disease.

To help us prioritize therapies to support, we are requesting periodic updates on novel and repurposed therapies in development for Lafora. If you are a clinician or researcher working on a Lafora Therapy, please complete this form so that we can educate families about your research and determine the best way to support the development of your therapy.

Submissions will be reviewed by A.I.L.A., Cel-Luz Association, Chelsea’s Hope, France Lafora,  and TempoZero.

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