CF News

Source: Vertex Pharmaceuticals press release Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor), the first medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, genetic disease. KALYDECO (kuh-LYE-deh-koh) is approved for people with CF ages...

Source: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation An expanded access program for a potential new CF drug, Kalydeco™ (VX-770), is now available at participating clinical sites throughout the country for people with the G551D mutation who have highly limited lung function and may benefit from treatment. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the...

Source: Vertex Pharmaceuticals press release Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) for KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor) and granted the company's request for six-month priority review. KALYDECO targets the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis (CF)...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced the submission of a new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for KALYDECO™ (VX-770, ivacaftor), a medicine in development that targets the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis. KALYDECO (kuh-LYE-deh-koh) was studied among people with CF ages six...

Source: Diabetic Live In addition to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, there is another variant of the disease: cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. It differs in some important ways from Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and it requires different treatment methods. Patients with cystic fibrosis experience decreased...

Pulmatrix, a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing a new class of therapies for the prevention, treatment and control of respiratory diseases, today announced that its clinical development plans will focus on the company’s lead clinical candidate in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic...