Returning fully to the field, the 2022 Telethon ended with a counter of more than 78 million euros on Sunday around 2 a.m., i.e. a level of pledges higher than that recorded in 2021 at the end of the program.
After 30 hours of program, 78,051,091 euros have been pledged in total against 73,622,019 euros last year.
Donations can still be made until Friday, December 9 by telephone (3637) or Internet (téléthon.fr).
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your solidarity, your generosity,” said the president of the AFM-Téléthon organization, Laurence Tiennot-Herment, in a press release.
“It's the reunion Telethon after two years of frustration.
We know the economic situation.
There is inflation but also the World Cup (
soccer
) and for all that on the ground, it's a party and a reunion.
Every year, the French renew their trust in us because they see the victories of research, ”she assured on Saturday evening.
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This event was able to return fully to the field this year, with events in more than 13,000 municipalities.
The 2021 edition, which had returned to the field after the 2020 confinement, had collected some 86 million euros in the end, practically at the pre-Covid level.
After the first advances, for example against immune deficiencies, the work funded by the Telethon targets more complex pathologies, such as neuromuscular diseases.
Three years ago, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, a disease which condemned babies to an early death, was thus put on the market.
Beyond rare diseases, which affect approximately 3 million people in France, the innovations resulting from research supported by the Telethon also inspire therapeutic solutions for widespread diseases such as neurodegenerative pathologies or cancers.
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