Omeros Nabs Michael J. Fox Grant

Omeros, a Seattle-based drug developer, said it has received a $465,000 grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The grant will pay for research of a new target on brain cells discovered by Omeros scientists, which has been linked to movement disorders like Parkinson’s and Restless Leg Syndrome.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.