Steve Bryson, PhD,  science writer—

Oncodesign and TiumBio have partnered to develop therapies for various diseases caused by fibrosis, or tissue scarring, including pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Under the collaboration, the French company Oncodesign will identify, produce, optimize, and conduct early stage analysis of therapeutic candidates generated from Nanocyclix — a technology…

Clinicians in the U.K. will now be able to prescribe the antifibrotic medicine Ofev (nintedanib) to people with non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (PF) under a new decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). That decision came following a five-year campaign led by the U.K. charity…

An open inspection issue at a third-party testing facility has put on hold United Therapeutics’ application seeking the approval of Tyvaso DPI, an investigational dry powder inhaled formulation of treprostinil for pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), a group of disorders…

Research examining the role that protein-RNA interactions play in promoting pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and other related conditions is being accelerated by a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding, granted to Robert Silvers, PhD, a Florida State University (FSU) assistant professor of chemistry and…

A single dose of the investigational oral therapy PLN-74809 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) achieved therapeutic target engagement of up to 98% in the lungs of patients, according to interim results of a Phase 2a trial. At all doses tested, the anti-fibrotic, or anti-scarring, therapy engaged its intended target…

TXR-1002 and TXR-1007, two new therapeutic candidates for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) from Aria Pharmaceuticals, demonstrated significant efficacy at reducing tissue scarring and good tolerability in a mouse model of the disease. Moreover, Aria said, the new artificial intelligence approach its researchers used in the lab to identify and…

People with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are at a greater risk of severe illness leading to mechanical ventilation or death than are infected patients without this progressive lung disease, a large database study reported. Among hospitalized individuals, however, its scientists saw…

The degree of collagen degradation, a process called collagen turnover, evident in a person’s blood at the time idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is diagnosed predicts the severity of disease progression within one year, regardless of antifibrotic treatment, a study reported. These findings support the use of collagen turnover as a blood…

A subset of fibroblasts that produce a protein called meflin in lung tissues taken from people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was found to prevent fibrosis, or tissue scarring, in a disease mouse model, scientists reported. “Our research, led by a collaborative team from Nagoya University in Japan and…

Changes in gene activity and immune cell populations in the lungs of people with chronic lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), may predispose these patients to severe COVID-19, a study indicated. “Our results suggest that patients with chronic lung disease are molecularly primed to be more susceptible…