AeroRx Therapeutics is teaming up with HCmed Innovations to develop a new therapeutic combination of different classes of bronchodilators — medications that help open up the airways, making breathing easier — for the treatment of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The new combo would be delivered using…

Verona Pharma has started a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the potential of its nebulized RPL554 as an add-on treatment to the approved Stiolto Respimat (tiotropium bromide/olodaterol) for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A total of 75 patients are expected to…

LAMA (long-acting muscarinic antagonist) treatments may be more beneficial to people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than those with LABA (long-acting beta2-agonist), especially in patients at risk of frequent exacerbations, according to results of a recent review study. Both LAMA and LABA are long-lasting bronchodilators, widely used as first-line treatments…

Five European countries have agreed to Verona Pharma’s plan to begin enrolling patients in a Phase 2b clinical trial of RPL554 as a maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The trial will be conducted in the United Kingdom, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. Verona expects to start…

This informative illustrated video from Animated COPD Patient shared in August 2014, discusses the treatment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Discover 10 facts and myths about COPD. The film explains that while COPD is incurable, there are ways to treat and manage the condition. It…

Boehringer Ingelheim recently announced the publication of a new research article detailing the measurement of specific white blood cells, called eosinophils, to prediction the response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and a history of exacerbations. The study was developed using data from the…