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GLPG2222 Plus Kalydeco Shows Positive Clinical Results in Phase 2 Trial, Galapagos Reports

Adding  investigational CFTR corrector GLPG2222 safely improved disease parameters in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients treated with Kalydeco (ivacaftor), reported the therapy’s Belgian developer, Galapagos, citing Phase 2 clinical trial data. The benefit of adding GLPG2222 was similar to that seen in an earlier study of a tezacaftor-Kalydeco combination, researchers said.

The Evolution of CF Treatments

Cystic fibrosis care has seen such rapid advances that the average CF patient has likely seen a dramatic evolution in treatment strategies in their lifetime. Here are some of the biggest milestones that shaped modern-day CF treatments. (Dates are when these therapies and ideas were adopted. Many are no longer…