COPD

February 4, 2015November 9, 2015

Enrollment Completed for Phase 2 Trial of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals’s Potential New Drug to Treat COPD Exacerbations

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Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian based pharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery and development of drug therapies for cancer and inflammatory conditions, announced on Monday that they had reached their ... Read more

February 4, 2015November 9, 2015

Theravance and Mylan to Co-Develop Groundbreaking COPD Drug

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Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecule medicines across a number of therapeutic areas including respiratory disease, bacterial infections, central nervous system ... Read more

February 3, 2015November 9, 2015

Serendex and CMC Biologics Sign Partnership on Lung Drug

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Serendex Pharmaceuticals has established an exclusive agreement with CMC Biologics, Inc. focused on the development of a treatment for Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, an acute bleeding in the lungs. The therapy, called Factor VIIa, ... Read more

February 3, 2015November 9, 2015

Harmonica Techs Shares Survey Spirometry Results on The Effectiveness of Breathing Disorder Treatments

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Harmonica Techs, inventor of the Pulmonica, recently shared the results of seventy-eight pulmonary and cardiovascular rehabilitation professionals who completed a survey regarding breathing disorder treatments. Three quarters of the professionals ... Read more

February 2, 2015November 9, 2015

Lung Regeneration: One Step Closer with the Help of Stem Cells

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In a new study entitled “p63+Krt5+ distal airway stem cells are essential for lung regeneration” researchers identified a pool of stem cells capable of triggering lung regeneration after influenza-induced lung ... Read more

February 2, 2015November 10, 2015

Research Links Moderate Lifetime Marijuana Smoking Associated With Airway Irritation But Not Lung Function

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A new study based on analysis of data from the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) analyzed by researchers at Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center Division of ... Read more

January 28, 2015November 10, 2015

Study Establishes Association Between COPD, Comorbidities & Inhalation Therapy

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A report has been recently published in the journal Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, showing a high prevalence of comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and its association with ... Read more

January 27, 2015November 10, 2015

GSK Reports Latest COPD International Survey Results

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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 26, 2015November 10, 2015

New Case Study Suggests High Levels of Ventilation Impairment May Exist Around Industrial Structures

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A team of researchers from Chosun University in Korea recently found that residents near a cement plant who were heavily exposed to pollutants from industrial byproducts have higher rates of ventilation ... Read more

January 26, 2015November 10, 2015

Beetroot Juice Enhances Exercise Capacity of COPD Patients

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A recent study entitled “Dietary nitrate supplementation improves exercise performance and decreases blood pressure in COPD patients” suggests that supplementing nitrate in COPD patients’ diets may increase their exercise capacity ... Read more