Blaustein

The Wicka and Seckler families hired Marc Blaustein , a former executive at biotechnology company Dyax Corp., to oversee the halofuginone program through a new company they named Halo Therapeutics.

Families of Ill Children Try Drug Development Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

Mr. Blaustein counters that studying the drug in dogs would cost at least another half million dollars and isn't necessary given the already existing data.

Families of Ill Children Try Drug Development Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

"We want to quickly determine if this is a good drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy," Mr. Blaustein says.

Families of Ill Children Try Drug Development Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

Mr. Blaustein said his father launched the Draw-a-thon partly as a fund-raiser for the school, but primarily to inspire Pratt students with a different take on drawing.

In Brooklyn, Drawing Until They Drop Kimberly Chou 2011

"You can feel people in the next room waking up and getting momentum—that's what it's really about," said the event's organizer, Marc Blaustein, whose father, the late artist and Pratt Institute professor Al Blaustein, founded the Draw-a-thon in 1989.

In Brooklyn, Drawing Until They Drop Kimberly Chou 2011

Mr. Blaustein estimates that the Seckler and Wicka families will need to raise at least another $8 million to see the drug through a Phase II clinical trial, which aims to find out whether a compound works in patients.

Families of Ill Children Try Drug Development Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

Mr. Blaustein, who runs Halo out of his living room in a Boston suburb, put together a team of consultants with drug development and Food and Drug Administration experience.

Families of Ill Children Try Drug Development Amy Dockser Marcus 2011

"It's not only about quality, but also about quantity and what that does to your process of creating," Mr. Blaustein said.

In Brooklyn, Drawing Until They Drop Kimberly Chou 2011

I learned via Anime News Network which was via Serebii that Maddie Blaustein passed away in her sleep.

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When Louis died in 1937, his will stipulated that five hundred thousand dollars be used to endow the Louis and Henrietta Blaustein Foundation.

Henrietta Gittelson Blaustein. 2009