Endeavor BioMedicines’ ENV-101 improved lung function and reversed key signs of lung scarring in people with idiopathic pulmonary…
Andrea Lobo
Andrea Lobo is a Science writer at BioNews. She holds a Biology degree and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.
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LTI-03, an inhaled therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) from Aileron Therapeutics, was able to reduce levels of…
Endeavor BioMedicines has raised $132.5 million toward the clinical development of its pipeline programs, including ENV-101, an investigational oral…
Enrollment has been completed for a Phase 2b trial that’s testing LYT-100 (deupirfenidone), PureTech Health’s experimental therapy for…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to BMS-986278, Bristol Myers Squibb’s investigational therapy…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new generic version of Esbriet (pirfenidone) for idiopathic…
People with Sjögren’s syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) who develop pulmonary fibrosis (PF) have poorer survival than those without…
People with shorter telomeres, or chromosome “caps,” may be at a greater risk of developing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF),…
By the end of this month, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) is hoping to bump up patient and caregiver…
The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial of bersiporocin, Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s treatment candidate for…