Lung disease

Cambridge data analytics company Qureight has announced a multi-year strategic research collaboration with AstraZeneca. The agreement will allow AstraZeneca to use Qureight’s proprietary platform and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to conduct research across a range of complex lung diseases. It is hoped that this will help in our understanding of how patients with rare and […]

Bellerophon Therapeutics has announced it will close its Phase III study of INOpulse, its treatment for fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (fILD), after the trail failed to meet its primary endpoint. The REBUILD clinical trial was designed as a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study evaluating the safety and efficacy of INOpulse for the treatment of […]

AnaMar has announced positive results from its Phase I study, and the completion of Phase II enabling pre-clinical studies, for AM1476’s initial orphan indication in systemic sclerosis (SSc) characterised by lung and skin fibrosis. AM1476, a highly selective small molecule, delivered as an orally administered tablet, was found to be safe and well-tolerated at all […]

New Phase IIa data indicates that Vicore Pharma’s C21 has the potential to transform the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and restore lung function. In data from the AIR trial, C21 has demonstrated long-term efficacy. At 36 weeks, the average forced vital capacity (FVC) had increased to +350ml over baseline, which is +530ml over […]

RESP-X, Infex Therapeutics’ anti-virulence therapy to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infections in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) patients, has shown a promising interim safety and tolerability profile in its ongoing first-in-human Phase I clinical trial. The first cohort consisted of eight healthy volunteers who received doses of RESP-X at 1mg/kg. No serious adverse events were reported, […]

Researchers have shown that the medication saracatinib shows promise as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).   Saracatinib worked as well or better than two approved drugs at reducing tissue scarring in preclinical models of IPF according to the study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.   Researchers at National Jewish […]

Brainomix has partnered with Bridge Biotherapeutics to deliver AI imaging biomarker analysis within the Phase II study of novel autotaxin inhibitor BBT-877 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Under the partnership, Brainomix will leverage its e-ILD technology (automated artificial intelligence software) which has been trained to process high resolution chest CT (HRCT) data in patients with […]

DDW was delighted to work with CN Bio on an exclusive event which focused on novel approaches to human lung disease modelling.  The free event took place on 29 March at 3pm.  It covered:  Accelerating the discovery of new therapeutics for treatment of lung injuries using patho/physiology mimicking models. (Speaker Professor Wojciech Chrzanowski, Faculty of […]