Patrícia Silva, PhD,  director of science content—

The Arkansas Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held another successful edition of its Breath of Life Gala last Tuesday, November 25th at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock. The fundraising event, which has become a tradition in Arkansas, gathered 360 guests and featured a candid speech from Katherine Lambert-Pennington,…

Bayer HealthCare, a global leader in respiratory medicine, recently announced it has received qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for two pipeline inhalation antibiotic drugs: Amikacin inhale and Ciprofloxacin dry powder. The approval of novel inhaled antibiotics are of particular interest to the…

Last month, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation celebrated the 20th year of its annual golf tournament and successful fundraiser, the Ultimate Golf Experience. Over 100 longtime members and supporters of the CFF gathered at the Pinehurst Resort in Durham in North Carolina, where the golfing-fundraising tradition for CF first…

Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in research and development of novel treatments for serious and fatal diseases such as lupus, lupus with nephrotic affectation, and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) secondary to cystic fibrosis (CF), has just announced that it has partnered with Patheon®, a contract development and commercial…

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, N30 Pharmaceuticals, recently announced that it raised $30 million in a mezzanine round of financing, which will be used to accelerate the development the company’s investigational therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The novel drug is called N91115 and N30 Pharma has successfully completed its phase…

A project for a tablet-based software tool designed to help children suffering from lung diseases properly use nebulizers, which may be helpful to cystic fibrosis patients (CF), was recently awarded $100,000 at the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh). The device was one of three projects to be awarded with the top prize to fund…

The Chief Executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust recently wrote a letter to the NHS England‘s National Director for Commissioning Operations to help ensure that budget responsibility and delivery of cystic fibrosis (CF) services are not shifted to local commissioners. Ed Owen expressed his concern…

A group of undergraduate researchers from Dundee University are the proud recipients of 3 prizes from a conference in Boston, Massachusetts for their breakthrough work on harnessing a fluorescent bacteria to detect a potentially dangerous lung infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. “The Lung Ranger,”…

All over the country and throughout the world, local communities organize events to raise both awareness and funds to help patients suffering with cystic fibrosis (CF), as well as to support research dedicated to finding a cure for the life-threatening genetic disease. Approximately 70,000 people suffer from CF worldwide, 30,000 of which…

Massachusetts-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced yesterday that they have filed for a New Drug Application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration, and a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for their pipeline combination lumacaftor–ivacaftor drug, indicated for the…