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Boulder, Colorado based Nivalis Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating people with cystic fibrosis (CF), recently announced its initial public offering (IPO) which included 5.5 million shares of common stock priced at $14.00 per share before underwriting discounts and commissions. Nivalis additionally granted underwriters a 30-day option…

Laurent Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Montréal-based private biopharmaceutical company currently developing a clinical stage lipid modulator (LAU-7b) designed to address the compromised immune-inflammatory response in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), recently announced positive data from its Phase 1b study that assessed LAU-7b in adult patients with CF. LAU-7b is a novel…

Pulmatrix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on inhaled therapies for serious pulmonary diseases, recently announced a new drug candidate called PUR1900 for the treatment of fungal infections associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). CF is a rare, life-threatening genetic disease in which a defective gene (CFTR) induces a salt imbalance, causing…

The five-year survival rate for Canadians with cystic fibrosis who have received a lung transplant is 67% and half of those who have had transplants live beyond 10 years, new research has found. The encouraging statistics were published today in the Journal of Heart Lung Transplantation by…

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. recently announced that on June 12, 2015 Dr. Yosehp Shaaltiel, EVP of Research and Development, presented pre-clinical data on the company’s AIR DNaseTM (PRX-110) for cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment at the 38th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, held in Brussels, Belgium. The oral presentation was entitled…

Galapagos NV, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, recently delivered a joint presentation with AbbVie during the 38th annual conference of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society held in Brussels, Belgium. The presentation revealed co-developed technologies to address CF, part of Galapagos’ pipeline that includes three Phase 2 programs, two Phase 1 trials, five pre-clinical studies, and…

My past few articles have touched upon the application of stem cells for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), and while some of these treatments demonstrate great promise for the future of CF, it is important to establish more necessary discourse. With my past articles discussing Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs),…

AmpliPhi BioSciences Corporation, a global leader in the development of bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapies to treat drug resistant infections, announced study results for a trial looking at a novel treatment strategy for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The results, which suggested that bacteriophages remain active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa)…

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust recently announced its first-ever appointment of a “Director of Impact” to spearhead the organization’s commitment to improve care, support and research for those with CF in the United Kingdom. Dr. Keith Brownlee boasts a proven record of experience and expertise as a cystic fibrosis specialist pediatrician, having worked for more than 20…

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated recently announced in a press release new data on its long-term PROGRESS study testing the investigational regimen ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for cystic fibrosis (CF). The data was presented at the 38th European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Conference, June 10-13, 2015 held in Brussels, Belgium in…