Sunovion Pharmaceuticals and Novartis have entered a commercialization agreement for three drugs approved by the U.S. Food and…
PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
PatrĂcia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites. PatrĂcia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.
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The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has named the recipient of its inaugural Outstanding Investigator Award: Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD, professor of…
The chief executive of education for health and chair of the UK Inhaler Group, Monica Fletcher, will join a…
Women who have never smoked are still vulnerable to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). African-American women are especially susceptible…
InMed Pharmaceuticals announced that its research and development program using cannabinoids for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
The University of Newcastle (UON) in Australia was awarded a total of $10.8 million from the National Health and Medical Research…
Newly updated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management recommendations from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)…
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), together with Innoviva, recently announced GSK submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) with the U.S. FDA for the…
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often find it difficult to breathe, sometimes feeling like they breathing through a straw.
COPD Diagnosis with Lung Function Test Linked to Decreased Mortality, Fewer Hospital Admissions
Confirmation of a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using pulmonary function testing is associated with not only a…