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AlphaID, a cheek swab test that can help identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have the disease due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), is now available for use by U.S. physicians and healthcare providers. AATD, which also is known as hereditary pulmonary emphysema, is…

A new public-private initiative brings academic and industry researchers from 15 European countries together in a large-scale effort to understand differences and commonalities in seven immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), so to better predict a patient’s likely response to treatment and likely disease progression. The…

A new national report from the Ontario Lung Association (OLA) highlights significant knowledge gaps about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD that often prevent Canadians with the inflammatory disease from being properly diagnosed and treated. Called “Helping the Missing Million,” the national report was based on…

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have more acute episodes of symptom worsening (exacerbations) during the coldest months of the year — January, February, and March — resulting in higher hospitalization and mortality rates in the U.S., a study reports. Findings also showed that an intensification of…

Duaklir (aclidinium bromide and formoterol fumarate), a long-term maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is  available to patients living in the U.S., Circassia Pharmaceuticals announced. According to the company, the product became available on Oct. 21. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

Tudorza (aclidinium bromide) reduces flare-ups in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without increasing the risk of cardiovascular complications such as heart attack and stroke, or death, data from a Phase 4 trial show. The findings were discussed by Robert Wise, MD,…

Routine evaluation of respiratory function through spirometry after treatment with bronchodilator medicines can help improve diagnosis accuracy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), preventing approximately 39% of overdiagnosis, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine found that using such an assessment…

Former smokers and people who smoke relatively few cigarettes per day may experience a faster decline in lung function than people who have never smoked, although they still have a slower decline in lung function than current smokers, a new study suggests. The study, “Lung function decline…

Bayer will invest more than $30 million over the next five years to fund collaborative research projects focused on finding new treatments for chronic lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The projects will be developed in a new lab launched in collaboration with the founding members of…

Shirts with smart technology could be used in place of traditional laboratory equipment to measure lung function, and prove to be particularly useful in respiratory conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), new research suggests. The data were discussed in a presentation, titled…