COPD

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016

ProterixBio Appoints Pulmonary Disease Expert to Scientific Advisory Board

COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

ProterixBio (formerly BioScale) appointed Dr. Fernando Martinez, MD, to its scientific and medical advisory board. The Massachusetts-based company says the addition of Martinez, a global clinical expert in pulmonary diseases such ... Read more

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016

UK Panel Launches Guide to Help Combat Malnutrition in COPD Patients

COPD, News

A new practical guide has been launched to assist healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom in identifying and managing the nutritional needs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ... Read more

July 11, 2016July 11, 2016

NebuTech Nebulizer Seen to Shorten Emergency Room Stays for Children with Asthma Flares

Asthma, COPD, News

A clinical study comparing the NebuTech nebulizer, developed by Salter Labs, and a standard nebulizer found that pediatric asthma patients using the newer device had a nearly 45-minute reduction in emergency-room hospital stays. Results of ... Read more

July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

AAFP Releases Online Resources to Help Differentiate COPD, Asthma

Asthma, COPD, News

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, recently released online resource material for physicians and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. The physician resource document, ... Read more

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

Cytokinetics Starts Phase 2 Clinical Trial Therapy for COPD Patients

COPD, News

Cytokinetics, a biopharma company that develops muscle activators as potential treatments for certain debilitating diseases, has launched a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of CK-107 in the ... Read more

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

‘Hospital at Home’ Is Effective Alternative for Elderly Lung Disease Patients in UK, Research Indicates

COPD, News, Pneumonia

The rate of admissions in elderly patients to acute hospital care in the United Kingdom has increased by 65 percent in the last decade, placing increased labor and cost demands on hospital ... Read more

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Stem Cell Therapy Improves Lives of COPD Patients, but It’s Not a Cure

COPD, News

A patient named Gary V. at the Lung Institute in Tampa, Florida, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), shared how his life improved since receiving stem cell therapy. When discussing the improvements that ... Read more

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Lung Disease, New Inhaled Treatments by Pulmatrix Described in Animated Science Video

Asthma, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

A life sciences animated video was recently released by Pulmatrix to explain breathing issues experienced by patients with serious lung diseases and to illustrate novel promising therapies developed by the company. The ... Read more

June 24, 2016June 24, 2016

Novartis Trial Assesses Ultibro Breezhaler For COPD Flare-Ups

COPD, News

Novartis recently announced encouraging data from a clinical trial evalutating the efficacy of once-daily Ultibro Breezhaler (indacaterol/glycopyrronium bromide) for reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) flare-ups. The report was published in the New England ... Read more

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

INOpulse Devices for PAH Disorders Evaluated in Clinical Trials

COPD, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News, Pulmonary Hypertension

Bellerophon Therapeutics recently enrolled the first participants in the Phase 3 INOvation-1 clinical trial intended to test the efficiency and safety of INOpulse for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). ... Read more