Boehringer seeks approval of lung disease drug after second Phase III success
Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung disease drug nerandomilast has been successful in a Phase III study paving the way for the ...
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Lung MRI Using Inhaled Gas Can Detect Regional Defects
Researchers reported that a lung MRI technique that uses inhaled gas can identify early patchy lung defects in patients with ...
Managed Healthcare Executive3d
New ATS Guidelines Highlight Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension experience improved ...
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Boehringer's nerandomilast meets primary endpoint in Phase III study FIBRONEER™-ILD, in progressive pulmonary fibrosis
FIBRONEER™-ILD was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of nerandomilast ...
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Pliant slumps on decision to pause lung disease drug trial
Shares in Pliant Therapeutics plunged in after-hours trading after the US biotech revealed that it has paused a phase 2b/3 trial of its lead drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) after seeing a ...
Researchers uncover the source of cells that contribute to pulmonary fibrosis
Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...
Using genetics to identify individuals with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
In a recent study, Mass General Brigham researchers demonstrated that through low-cost genetic samples that can be obtained from a cheek swab or blood test, they can improve identification of people ...
Peninsula biotech sheds 60% of its value as it pauses key clinical trial
A Peninsula biotech company focusing on a deadly lung-scarring disease lost more than half its stock value Monday after ...
Healio3d
Smoking before age 15 years raises COPD risk in adulthood regardless of smoking factors
The adjusted risk for COPD was elevated among adults who identified as regular cigarette smokers before age 15 years, ...
The Lancet10d
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new therapies and old needs
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...
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Inflammation in preschool cystic fibrosis is of mixed phenotype, extends beyond the lung and is differentially modified by CFTR modulators
Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...
TheHealthSite28d
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Interstitial Lung Diseases That Cannot Be Reversed
Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a subset of interstitial lung diseases, where in the normal ageing of lung is augmented. It is characterised by fibrosis of the lung architecture which ...