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Alcresta Launches Relizorb for Cystic Fibrosis Feeding Through G-Tubes

Alcresta Therapeutics recently launched the commercialization of the digestive enzyme cartridge Relizorb to help patients unable of breaking down fats, particularly adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) who depend on enteral nutrition. Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic condition caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene…

CF Patients Will Likely Benefit from Promising, New Data on Two Drugs

Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently revealed new clinical data on real-world long-term outcomes in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients treated with Kalydeco (ivacaftor). The company also presented data from a Phase 3 study evaluating Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for children with CF ages 6-11 years. The results were available June 11-14 at the 39th European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS)…

Test CF Drug Demonstrates High Efficacy Against Pulmonary Episodes in Bacteria Infected Patients

Raptor Pharmaceutical recently announced new clinical data from a Phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy of Quinsair (levofloxacin) versus tobramycin in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with chronic pulmonary infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Study results were presented at the 39th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Basel, Switzerland. “Patients with cystic fibrosis have few…

Breakthrough Therapy for Resistant Lung Infections in Cystic Fibrosis revealed at European CF Conference

TGV-inhalonix reported clinical findings at the European Cystic Fibrosis Conference recently Basel, Switzerland, that show the potential of a new drug to treat mixed bacterial and fungal lung infections contracted by patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The data presented by George Tetz, scientific and development advisor of TGV-inhalonix, indicated that Mul-1867…

Promising Phase 1Trial on POL6014 for Cystic Fibrosis Finished

Swiss Pharmaceutical company Polyphor has successfully completed its Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers for the investigational inhaled POL6014. POL6014 is a selective and reversible inhibitor of human neutrophil elastase (hNE), a key target for the treatment of respiratory diseases like cystic fibrosis (CF). Cystic fibrosis is a genetic…

Healthcare Workers with CF Prone to MRSA, Study Shows

Healthcare workers with cystic fibrosis (CF) are more likely to contract methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than CF patients not in healthcare scenarios, according to the study “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in healthcare workers with cystic fibrosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study,” published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine. MRSA infection is caused…

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