A new collaboration between Bristol-Myers Squibb and the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr) was announced today. The new collaboration aims to develop new small molecule anti-fibrotic therapies and includes an agreement that enables Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop, produce and commercialize the preclinical compounds that can result from this…
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. is an emerging drug development company focused on the development and commercialization of Resunab™, the company’s lead product candidate to treat rare and severe life-threatening fibrotic and inflammatory diseases such as scleroderma and cystic fibrosis.
New research presented at the American College of Rheumatology’s Annual Meeting in Boston claims that end-stage lung disease patients with diseases like Scleroderma should not be denied the opportunity of receiving a lung transplant because of extra-pulmonary factors and, consequently, short- and long-term survival concerns. The…
November 18th has been officially named chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) Awareness Day. This will be the first ever awareness day dedicated specifically to CTEPH. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is caused by chronic blood clots in the lungs that cause pressure in the pulmonary arteries and the right side…
A live webinar exploring the development of Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma patients will be hosted by Dr. Paul Wolters, Director of Biological Research at the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. PST. The presentation is called “Emerging Therapies in…
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. is currently preparing an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) request for the company’s novel Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) drug PBI-4050 to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the company, an external panel of IPF world experts strongly recommend that PBI-4050 be granted…
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) applauded the recent news that both Esbriet® (pirfenidone) and Ofev® (nintedanib) were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). These drugs are the first FDA-approved disease-specific therapies for IPF in the US.
The 6th Annual North Carolina Research Triangle Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium will be held on November 7th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport in Research Triangle Park, from 7am to 4pm. The event is endorsed by the American Thoracic Society, sponsored by the Duke University School of…
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