GRI Bio has reached an interim enrollment goal for its Phase 2a clinical trial testing GRI-0621 — a therapy targeting natural killer T-cells (NKT cells) to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) — and expects to report initial results later this quarter, per a company press release. With…
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Leave no stone unturned. This is a basic tenet of any investigation, something I learned very early in my career as a special agent. It also seems to be a practice employed by my healthcare team, which now includes an additional doctor. Last week, I added endocrinologist Oksana Davydov…
A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending orphan drug status — a designation that aims to speed therapy development in rare diseases — for tranilast, the active ingredient in NXP002, an inhaled formulation from Nuformix for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). A decision by the…
Becoming educated and informed about PF is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your PF journey.
There is no cure for PF yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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