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Results from phase III trials with Esbriet® (pirfenidone), a drug developed by Roche, were recently presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress held in Amsterdam from September 26-30, 2015. The results revealed that Esbriet® is beneficial for long-term treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by progressive…

Reata Pharmaceuticals recently announced that results of a Phase 2 study of bardoxolone methyl in patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) will be presented at the 2015 American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) annual meeting at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada. The presentation, entitled “Initial Data Report from…

In a newly published paper in the Stem Cells Translational Medicine journal entitled Adult Lung Spheroid Cells Contain Progenitor Cells and Mediate Regeneration in Rodents With Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis, scientists from North Carolina State University discovered a quick and simple method to produce stem…

In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA entitled “DC-SIGN activation mediates the differential effects of SAP and CRP on the innate immune system and inhibits fibrosis in mice,” scientists from Texas A&M University…