The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has posted an early value assessment review of digital technologies for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, giving the conditional nod to only one technology — the Mycopd app by London-based My Mhealth Ltd.
In what represents its first patenting, Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Hollo Medical Inc. seeks protection for its product that is designed for inhaler users who are frustrated with cumbersome valved holding chambers and desire something more compact and portable.
Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA presented data for novel lung-targeted muscarinic M3 receptor antagonists/β2-adrenoceptor agonists (MABAs) as candidates for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Researchers from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University have discovered novel β2-adrenoceptor (β2-AR) agonists for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Researchers from Nextcure Inc. have reported the development and preclinical characterization of a novel agonist monoclonal antibody (MAb) against V-set and transmembrane domain containing 1 (VSTM-1).
In what represents the first patenting from Immersive Reality Group LLC, the company’s co-founders describe their Intellighealth system for detecting the early onset of respiratory diseases using artificial intelligence and wearable remote health monitoring technologies.
When life-saving inhalers sell in Europe at 1.5% to about 8% of their list price in the U.S., they’re bound to attract scrutiny, especially in a time when inequities in prescription drug prices are fueling more and more legislation to reduce U.S. prices.
Kymera Therapeutics Inc. has unveiled two new first-in-class oral degrader programs for immune-mediated diseases: KT-621, a STAT6 degrader, and KT-294, a TYK2 degrader.
Partners Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi SA will file a supplemental BLA by year-end for Dupixent (dupilumab) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after interim data from a second phase III trial confirmed – even bested – data from the first, demonstrating a reduction in exacerbations by 34% and improved lung function in patients with uncontrolled COPD and evidence of type 2 inflammation.
Sichuan Haisco Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has identified phosphodiesterase PDE3 and phosphodiesterase PDE4 inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.