A new multiphase educational collaboration seeks to slash the time it takes for many people to receive a diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD), including pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The Three Lakes Foundation and the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) will work together to heighten disease awareness among healthcare…
The first patient has been enrolled in a U.S. clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of a new artificial intelligence-based app, called Almee, that’s designed to treat anxiety in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Almee, developed by Vicore Pharma, is an experimental digital therapy that delivers…
Organizers say that just a few tickets are still available for this year’s rendition of the Broadway Belts for PFF! fundraiser, benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF). The annual event, slated for April 29 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, again will bring together an array of…
Enrollment is now complete in ZEPHYRUS-1, a Phase 3 trial of pamrevlumab, an investigational treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the therapy’s developer, FibroGen, announced. The randomized, placebo-controlled trial (NCT03955146) now includes 356 IPF patients across 144 sites worldwide. It aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy…
Bridge Biotherapeutics has entered an exclusive in-licensing agreement with Shaperon to develop BBT-209, an investigational therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). “We hope that BBT-209 will become a breakthrough therapy for patients with IPF, who are currently lacking treatment options,” Seung-Yong Seong, MD, PhD and Myung-Sea Lee, MD,…
The European Commission is expected to propose a new governing framework for health data next month, called the European Health Data Space (EHDS), with the aim of connecting national health systems to facilitate secure and efficient transfer of data across systems in different European nations. The move is expected to…
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) has updated its State Report Card to make it more digitally friendly and added telehealth to its categories of rare disease policy issues in a nod to its increased use during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. NORD’s report card project began seven…
Oral therapies that kill aging cells were found to boost the levels of alpha-Klotho, a protective protein that declines with age and safeguards animals against age-related diseases — including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) — in a study involving older mice. So-called senolytic therapies are designed to kill aging senescent…
Using nanoparticles to deliver an anti-scarring RNA molecule to pro-scarring lung macrophages — a type of immune cell — prevented and reduced lung tissue fibrosis in a mouse model of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a study shows. To specifically target pro-fibrotic macrophages, researchers at University of Illinois College of Medicine (UICM)…
Abnormally high levels of the signaling molecule interleukin 19 (IL-19) were detected in lung tissues from both mice and humans with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in a recent study. These findings indicate that IL-19 promotes IPF progression by activating the transforming growth factor-beta pathway, a key mediator of tissue…
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