<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Jeffrey &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:
To:</td><td>Monday, July 16, 2012 6:22 PM
Ted Kaptchuk</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Hi Jeffrey</td></tr></table>

Thnks

Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 16, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Ted Kaptchuk || wro=e:

> Hope you're enjoying some of the long days of summer.

>

> I just wanted to update you on the progress of our center in placebo studi=s.

> Besides moving forward in some exciting studies and new publications,

> we have just received a $250,000 grant from the Pioneer Fund of the Robert=Wood Johnson Foundation to pursue initiatives to integrate placebo studies=into the education framework of Harvard University.

> Also, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked to collaborate with=us to develop new research designs that would more efficiently control for p=acebo effects in randomized trials. We're hoping that this will attract c=llaboration from the pharmaceutical industry.

>

> I also wanted to mention that we're are continuing to search for partners i= the private philanthropic community.

>

> Best wishes,

>

>

> Ted

>

>

Ted J. Kaptchuk
> Associate Professor of Medicine
> Harvard Medical School
> Director, Program in Placebo Studies & Therapeutic Encounter Beth
> Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 02215
> Phone: 
> Email: 
> Web: www.programinplacebostudies.org

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