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The Medicines Company recently announced in a news release that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for a new injectable formulation of the antibiotic MINOCIN® (minocycline). The news is significant for the cystic fibrosis community, as MINOCIN is…

The nonprofit affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc., will expand its research partnership with Genzyme in a collaboration that will be supported by $14 million in additional funding. The funding is expected to be invested in developing novel therapy options for patients…

The residential apartment brand MCLife, which belongs to MC Companies, is launching the #CFShoeSelfie campaign, with the main purpose of raising awareness about the chronic disease cystic fibrosis (CF). At a time when emails, social media, television, and advertisements bombard everyone with images that are easily forgotten, the company aims…

Pharmaceutical company PARI Pharma received marketing authorization from the European Commission for its nebulizer Vantobra, a breakthrough therapy for patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis (CF). The product is a novel and highly concentrated tobramycin therapeutic option for inhalation that uses a Tolero nebulizer, and will now be commercialized in…

Travel Lake Anna might look like a typical travel agency dedicated to promoting vacations around Lake Anna, a state park located in Virginia. However, the company has a unique business model and purpose. Husband and wife team Chris and Laura Denkers created and manage the company in support of their two sons who were…

A study led by researchers at the University of Szeged in Hungary recently revealed that excessive alcohol consumption impairs the function of the defective gene in cystic fibrosis (CF) leading to pancreatitis. The study was published in the journal Gastroenterology and is entitled “Alcohol…

A new study published in Experimental Physiology is providing insights into muscle strength impairment in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). A joint team of researchers from University of Georgia and Georgia Regents University led by Dr. Melissa Erickson used a novel approach to the study of muscle strength…

A team led by researchers at the University Hospital in Strasbourg, France is currently recruiting patients for a clinical trial designed to assess the efficacy of combined lung and pancreatic islet transplantation in individuals with end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF). The trial is entitled “Metabolic…

Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School recently published in the journal Microbiome findings indicating that lung microbiota alterations observed during disease onset in individuals with cystic fibrosis may become useful as predictors of exacerbations. The study is entitled “The daily dynamics of…

Biopharmaceutical company Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has named Paul-Andre de Lame, MD as its new chief medical officer to help the company in their efforts to develop new anti-infective and immune therapies to treat infectious diseases. Aridis is currently developing a reactive monoclonal antibody drug called Aerucin, to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with cystic fibrosis.