Posts by: Alice Melão, MSc

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The Dorney-Koppel Family Charitable Foundation put chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the spotlight, leading the educational grand challenge at the recent Stanford Medicine X | CHANGE 2019 conference. This ... Read more

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019

Macrolide Antibiotics May Reduce Acute Exacerbations in COPD Patients, Review Study Suggests

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Long-term use of low-dose macrolide antibiotics is safe and potentially effective in reducing acute exacerbations in younger patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are at risk for ... Read more

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019

UK Trial to Assess Beta-blocker’s Ability to Lessen Flares in COPD Patients Now Enrolling

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People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being asked to participate in a U.K. clinical study evaluating how well bisoprolol, a common beta-blocker to treat high blood pressure, works in preventing pulmonary ... Read more

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

Mice Studies Suggest Cathepsin S to Prevent Lung Inflammation in COPD, CF

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Activation of PP2A enzyme with consequent modulation of cathepsin S levels may represent a new strategy to prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a mice study shows. This finding ... Read more

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

Verona Pharma’s Candidate RPL554 for COPD Will Be Named Ensifentrine

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Verona Pharma’s investigational agent RPL554 will be named ensifentrine, the company announced. The “-fentrine” stem in the International Nonproprietary Names (INN) Programme indicates recognition from the World Health Organization (WHO) ... Read more

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

FDA Approves Yupelri as New Treatment for Adults with COPD

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Theravance Biopharma and Mylan announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved their New Drug Application (NDA) for revefenacin (TD-4208) as a maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary ... Read more

October 9, 2018October 9, 2018

VA Researchers Working on 3D-Printed Artificial Lung for Patients with COPD, Other Pulmonary Diseases

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A fully functional 3D-printed artificial lung may someday help people with serious pulmonary illnesses, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) research team, in ... Read more

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018

Two Phase 2 Trials Demonstrate RPL554 Has Potential to Enhance Bronchodilators’ Efficacy in COPD

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The addition of Verona Pharma’s investigational agent RPL554 to standard short- and long-acting bronchodilators offers greater clinical benefits to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Results of two ... Read more

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

Bevespi Aerosphere Shows Similar Effectiveness as Anoro Elipta in COPD Study

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AstraZeneca’s Bevespi Aerosphere (glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate) has been shown to have similar therapeutic activity in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as GlaxoSmithKline’s approved therapy ... Read more

July 17, 2018July 17, 2018

Low, Moderate Psychological Distress Increases Risk of COPD, Other Diseases, Study Shows

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Psychological distress, even at low or moderate levels, increases the risk of arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers have found. This finding was reported in ... Read more

Posts by: Alice Melão, MSc

Alice Melão, MSc

Dorney-Koppel Foundation Spotlights COPD at Stanford Medicine X | CHANGE Conference

Macrolide Antibiotics May Reduce Acute Exacerbations in COPD Patients, Review Study Suggests

UK Trial to Assess Beta-blocker’s Ability to Lessen Flares in COPD Patients Now Enrolling

Mice Studies Suggest Cathepsin S to Prevent Lung Inflammation in COPD, CF

Verona Pharma’s Candidate RPL554 for COPD Will Be Named Ensifentrine

FDA Approves Yupelri as New Treatment for Adults with COPD

VA Researchers Working on 3D-Printed Artificial Lung for Patients with COPD, Other Pulmonary Diseases

Two Phase 2 Trials Demonstrate RPL554 Has Potential to Enhance Bronchodilators’ Efficacy in COPD

Bevespi Aerosphere Shows Similar Effectiveness as Anoro Elipta in COPD Study

Low, Moderate Psychological Distress Increases Risk of COPD, Other Diseases, Study Shows

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