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Algernon Pharmaceuticals has filed for orphan drug status for NP-120 (ifenprodil), an experimental oral medicine for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who have persistent, hard-to-treat cough. “The FDA has a standard response time of 90 days to requests for orphan designation, and so we should know by…

Treatment with Haduvio (nalbuphine extended-release tablets) significantly reduced coughing for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to top-line data from the Phase 2 CANAL trial. “It is very promising to see such a significant reduction in chronic cough in IPF patients with [Haduvio],” Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, a professor…

A molecular test, called the Envisia Genomic Classifier, may predict which patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) will progress on immunosuppressants, which could help doctors decide who will more likely benefit from antifibrotic therapy. The test, developed by Veracyte, can tell IPF from other types of interstitial lung…

The oral anti-fibrotic treatment Ofev (nintedanib) was found to be generally well-tolerated among children and adolescents with fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in the Phase 3 InPedILD clinical trial. “Data from the InPedILD trial demonstrate that [Ofev] has an acceptable safety and tolerability profile in children and adolescents with…

Patients receiving a higher dose of PLN-74809 in the Phase 2a INTEGRIS-IPF clinical trial, which is testing the oral treatment candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), are showing positive safety outcomes. That’s according to data from a safety review analysis conducted by the study’s data safety monitoring board (DSMB)…

NP-120 (ifenprodil), an investigational treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic cough, continues to demonstrate an ability to preserve lung function and ease cough, according to analyses of secondary goals in a Phase 2a trial. Most of these analyses related to patient-reported outcomes, supplementing positive top-line data from…

Focusing on raising awareness of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), nine organizations, including the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF), are working together to present the second annual ILD Day, taking place Sept. 14. More than 50,000 Americans are diagnosed every year with ILD, a group of lung diseases marked by inflammation…

AstraZeneca’s experimental oral therapy saracatinib — originally developed to treat certain cancers — was found to be at least as effective, and even superior to the approved therapies Ofev (nintedanib) and Esbriet (pirfenidone) in treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in several preclinical models of the respiratory disease. Saracatinib worked…

From sharing stories and “going blue,” to offering yoga sessions and hosting community walks, patients and supporters are set to mark Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month, held annually in September. The effort is also aimed at raising research funds to fight pulmonary fibrosis (PF), which is part of a group…

The levels of transforming growth factor-beta-induced protein (TGFBI), a molecule involved in lung development and cancer, are significantly increased in cellular and rodent models of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a study showed. TGFBI was also found to mediate the pro-scarring effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) — a protein that plays…