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Sold Out SoulCycle Fundraiser Raises $23K for ALS Research

A sold out SoulCycle fundraiser in West Hollywood held on Sunday, March 30 raised over $23,000 to benefit research for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The event was organized by Michael Krepack, whose father, Howard D. Krepack – formerly an attorney, avid cyclist and biking advocate – is now battling ALS.

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to paralysis, and eventually death. It takes away a person’s ability to walk, move, and talk, but keeps the mind intact. There are approximately 30,000 people in the US living with ALS, and the average patient survives only two to five years from diagnosis. There is no cure for the disease, and no effective treatment.

150 people participated in the event, and all proceeds from the SoulCycle fundraiser benefit the Cambridge, MA-based nonprofit, ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), the world’s largest drug development organization dedicated to ending ALS. ALS TDI currently has partnerships with dozens of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide in order to advance potential treatments into the clinic. Its lead ALS therapeutic candidate, Novartis’ (Switzerland) Gilenya (TDI-132), is in Phase IIA clinical trial for ALS.

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Donations toward the SoulCycle event are still open. For more information and to donate, please visit http://community.als.net/soulcycle.

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