The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted orphan drug designation to Calluna Pharma‘s CAL101 as a potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This designation is intended to incentivize the development of treatments for rare diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 people…
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“Ready to get that tube out? Sam, are you ready to get that tube out? Are you in any pain? No. Are you ready to breathe on your own?” Those were among the first words I heard as my wife, Susan, sat at my bedside while my care team brought…
Less than a year after my husband, Donnie, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, we decided to take a road trip to the suburbs of Denver to attend a memorial service for a close family friend. His family had invited us to stay for a few days, and we decided…
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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