The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) recently published an overview of the most important 2014 developments regarding the research and treatment of pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The nonprofit organization, which was founded in 2001 with the purpose of accelerating research to find a cure for the disease, believes that…
The Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has listed a series of clinical trials on their website that are currently enrolling patients in Canada suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, all in a bid to increase participation in trials that could lead to the next major drug discovery for the disease. The Foundation maintains…
The Scleroderma Research Foundation will host a free, live webinar on the relationship between pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and scleroderma on Thursday, November 13, at 10:00 a.m. PST. The Director of Biological Research for the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Paul Wolters, will be the main lecturer…
The chief executive officer and president of Pacific Therapeutics, a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of treatments for fibrosis and erectile dysfunction, commented on the recent interest of big pharmaceutical companies in acquiring therapies for the treatment of fibrosis. Doug Unwin said that…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently granted a $15.6 million award to The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and The University of Colorado, Denver (UCD), to support five years of research on mucolytic agents. The agents were discovered by the developmental stage biopharmaceutical company Parion Sciences,…
The companies Bristol-Myers Squibb and Galecto Biotech AB have signed an agreement giving Bristol the exclusive option to acquire Galecto, as well as the global rights for its lead products, an investigational inhaled inhibitor of galectin-3 for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other pulmonary fibrotic…
Ofev (nintedanib) capsules, a new drug treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is already being made available in select pharmacies throughout the United States with a prescription. The announcement of Ofev’s availability was recently made by the company, and…
The United States just received the first two treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, however, while Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH‘s therapy, OFEV (nintedanib), will cost $96,000 per year, its competitor, Esbriet (pirfenidone) from InterMune/Roche Holding AG won’t cost much less, according to a news report from…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved two drugs that are the first therapies specifically directed for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the United States, Esbriet (pirfenidone), from InterMune, Inc., and OFEV (nintedanib), from…
Seo Hyo-seok, a specialist in Korean traditional medicine, is visiting the United States for a week to promote his unique technique for the treatment of chronic lung conditions like asthma, atopic dermatitis, pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The doctor is the head of the Pyunkang Korean…
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