Algernon Pharmaceuticals announced that it submitted a request for the final approval needed to open a Phase 2 clinical trial in Australia evaluating NP-120 (ifenprodil), a repurposed compound, as a treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and…
A software program called CALIPER may be useful in predicting the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and the effectiveness of antifibrotic treatment based on lung images taken through high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), researchers found. The study,…
The protein peroxiredoxin-4 may be a useful blood marker in the early detection of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF), a study has found. The finding was described in the article “The overexpression of peroxiredoxin-4 affects the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis,” which was published…
Biopharmaceutical company Scholar Rock received $25 million from Gilead Sciences to continue the development of potential therapies to treat the progression of fibrotic diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis (PF). This funding is a milestone payment, based on Scholar Rock’s preclinical studies in animals showing the effectiveness of therapeutic…
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