Medical

Vectura’s VR496, an inhaled dry powder formulation of heparin sodium, has produced positive results in a Phase 2 study in cystic fibrosis patients, says the company. The product has received orphan drug status from both… Read more . . .

Results from the Prevention Of Exacerbations with Tiotropium in COPD (POET-COPD) study published in the New England Journal of Medicine show a significant reduction in exacerbations for COPD patients treated with tiotropium compared to those… Read more . . .

The Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) has published results of a new survey of US asthma patients. Of the patients surveyed, 100% reported use of a short-acting bronchodilator, and 95% reported that… Read more . . .

An article published in the March 17, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine details a study by researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine showing that omalizumab reduces the need for… Read more . . .

German biopharmaceutical company Revotar has announced that its Bimosiamose inhalation solution for the treatment of COPD met its primary endpoint in a Phase 2 study involving more than 75 patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. Bimosiamose is… Read more . . .

The COPD Foundation has announced that COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease will be its official journal. According to John W Walsh, President of the COPD Foundation, “COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,… Read more . . .

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has published its annual list of US “asthma capitals,” led this year by Richmond, Virginia. The list ranks 100 metropolitan areas in terms of difficulties that they… Read more . . .

A dosage trial of Verona Pharma’s inhaled mixed phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3/4 inhibitor RPL554 for the treatment of mild asthma has demonstrated positive bronchodilation without any significant adverse effects at dosages two and four times higher… Read more . . .