Marisa Wexler, MS,  senior science writer—

Mediar Therapeutics is planning to launch a Phase 2 clinical trial to test its experimental therapy MTX-463 in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The company has entered into a global licensing agreement with Eli Lilly to advance the development of MTX-463. Mediar will be responsible for…

CAL101, an investigational therapy with the potential to treat pulmonary fibrosis, showed a favorable safety and pharmacological profile in a Phase 1 clinical trial, according to results announced by Calluna Pharma, its developer. “These results are an important step forward in the development of our lead asset, CAL101,…

Reviva Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a U.S. patent covering the use of its experimental therapy brilaroxazine in treating people with pulmonary fibrosis. The patent, No. 12053477, granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office specifically covers the use of brilaroxazine in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), as well…

In the U.K., patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who live in economically deprived neighborhoods have worse survival outcomes than those living in more affluent areas, according to a recent study. The study also found that patients who live farther away from specialty care centers tend to have worse…

Almee, a behavioral therapy app designed to help ease anxiety in people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF), has been granted breakthrough device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA gives this designation to medical devices that have the potential to provide a more effective treatment or…

A Phase 2a clinical trial has finished testing the experimental therapy ENV-101 (taladegib) in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to its developer, Endeavor BioMedicines. Endeavor did not include in its announcement any specific data from the trial, but John Hood, PhD, the company’s co-founder, CEO, and…

Bersiporocin, an oral therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) now being tested in a Phase 2 clinical trial, has been granted orphan drug status in Europe by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The EMA gives this designation to treatments that have the potential to improve care for people with…

LYT-100, PureTech Health’s oral treatment candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), was well tolerated among healthy older adults at doses leading to much higher amounts of active medication in the body than the approved dose of Esbriet (pirfenidone). That’s according to new data from Phase 1 clinical…

Proteins called histones can trigger lung fibrosis (scarring) by prompting platelets, cell fragments involved in blood clotting, to release a signaling molecule called transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1), a new study found. TGFB1, in turn, blocks the production of interleukin-27 (IL-27), a signaling molecule that normally helps to limit…

Zelasudil, an experimental treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) that’s now being tested in clinical trials, has been granted orphan drug status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA awards this designation to therapies with the potential to substantially improve care for people with rare diseases,…