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ICER Seeking Feedback on CF Treatments from Stakeholders

The clinical effectiveness and cost-benefit of several cystic fibrosis (CF) therapies will be the focus of a final evidence report by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), which is currently seeking feedback from CF stakeholders for the report. The report will mainly evaluate the effects of…

Tarpon Cellars Uses Wine Sales to Help CF Foundation

Through a new partnership with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), California-based winery Tarpon Cellars will donate $1 to the organization’s Georgia chapter for each bottle of wine sold. The funds will help support research and treatment development for cystic fibrosis (CF), an inheritable…

Amikacin Liposome Therapy Has Similar Efficacy as Tobramycin for P. aeruginosa, Study Shows

Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS) showed the same efficacy and similar safety profile as tobramycin inhalation solution (TIS) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection, a comparative clinical study showed. The study, “Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension for chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis,” was…