Artificial intelligence (AI) drug developer Insilico Medicine raised $110 million in a series E round led by an Asian private equity fund, Value Partners Group, that will see Insilico advance its pipeline and AI platform developments.
Artificial intelligence (AI) drug developer Insilico Medicine raised $110 million in a series E round led by an Asian private equity fund, Value Partners Group, that will see Insilico advance its pipeline and AI platform developments.
Researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and collaborators applied unbiased scRNA-seq to study Lepr expression in lung mesenchymal cells. To do that, they used a Lepr(creERT2) mouse model tracing LEPR+ alveolar fibroblasts during neonatal alveologenesis.
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic lung disease characterized by the replacement of normal lung tissue by scar tissue, resulting in worsening lung function and impaired gas exchange. Autotaxin (ATX), the enzyme that produces the lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), is upregulated in lung fibrotic tissue.
Antibody Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed integrin receptor antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis, renal fibrosis and hepatic fibrosis.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has obtained clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to conduct clinical trials in China of SYH-2059 tablets for interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
Researchers from Federation University Australia and affiliated organizations have reported data from a study that aimed to assess the therapeutic efficacy of the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor olaparib in a large animal model of pulmonary fibrosis.
Vicore Pharma Holding AB was granted a U.S. FDA breakthrough device designation for Almee, a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) software, to be used as an adjunct treatment by patients with anxiety symptoms due to pulmonary fibrosis. Vicore developed the nine-week CBT digital therapy in partnership with Alex Therapeutics AB.
Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Nextgen Bioscience Co. Ltd. and Yonsei University have jointly prepared purine derivative compounds acting as adenosine A3 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
Work at the Agency For Science Technology & Research Bioprocessing Technology Institute has led to the identification of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 14 (MAP3K14; NIK) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
