Posts by: Anna Tan, RN

Anna Tan, RN

Anna is responsible for the scripting and production of video news content. Her skills as a registered nurse as well as a proven video content creator on YouTube and other social media platforms allow her to create video news reports that are engaging and easy to understand for patients.

January 27, 2015November 10, 2015

GSK Reports Latest COPD International Survey Results

COPD, News

The findings from an international survey by GSK, published in The International Journal of COPD, found that, although clinicians are aware the long-term prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has ... Read more

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015

Spiriva Respimat by Boehringer for COPD Now Available Nationwide

News

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has just announced the nationwide retail availability of prescription SPIRIVA®RESPIMAT® (tiotropium bromide) Inhalation Spray, which was recently granted US Food and Drug Administration approval as a long-term, once-daily maintenance ... Read more

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015

Environmental Factors Not Enough in Assessing Asthma Risk in Children

News

A new study entitled, “Influence of childhood growth on asthma and lung function in adolescence” published by a group of scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center identified several factors that ... Read more

January 20, 2015November 10, 2015

Invion Ltd. Announces Interim Data from Smoking Cessation Drug Study with INV102 (Nadolol)

COPD, News

Melbourne-based Invion Limited, a clinical-stage drug development company focused on the development of treatments for major market opportunities in inflammatory diseases including asthma, chronic bronchitis and lupus, has just announced favorable ... Read more

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Biogen and Columbia Collaborate on Genetics Research: IPF, ALS, CF, and Other Diseases with Unmet Clinical Needs

News

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based global biotechnology company, Biogen Idec, known for its dedication to finding solutions to neurodegenerative diseases, hematologic conditions and autoimmune disorders, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Columbia University ... Read more

January 9, 2015November 11, 2015

Novartis Reveals Two COPD Drugs’ Positive Phase III Results and NDA Submission

COPD, News

Novartis recently announced robust findings from a pivotal Phase III clinical study for QVA149 (indacaterol/glycopyrronium bromide) and NVA237 (glycopyrronium bromide), meant to support these pipeline medications’ New Drug Applications with the ... Read more

January 8, 2015October 28, 2015

Lung Cancer Expert Warns of Nationwide Shortage in Early-Stage Treatment Resources

Lung Cancer, News

Emerging life science company, Sanovas, Inc., released a public warning about the United States’ healthcare system currently facing a shortage of treatment resources, as Medicare‘s lung cancer screening coverage for beneficiaries deemed ... Read more

January 7, 2015November 11, 2015

Vectura and Janssen Enter Global Partnership for Asthma, COPD

Asthma, COPD, News

Vectura Group, a product development company that specializes in pharmaceutical therapies for airway-related diseases, has just announced it has signed an international development and licensing agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., a ... Read more

January 6, 2015November 11, 2015

BioMed X and Boehringer Are Accepting Project Proposals for COPD Treatment Development

COPD, News

BioMed X Innovation Center, a unique venue for influential, emerging scientists from across the globe to come together to work on groundbreaking pre-clinical studies in the fields of biomedicine, molecular biology, cell ... Read more

January 5, 2015November 5, 2015

Interstitial Lung Disease Patient Benefits from Stem Cell Therapy

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

The Lung Institute, a regenerative medicine center that treats patients with lung disease through stem cell therapy (SCT), recently shared the developments of one of their case studies on how SCT can ... Read more