Wellinks’ Mobile App Easy to Use, Valuable for Managing COPD: Study

Older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) found the Wellinks health mobile app useful and valuable for managing the disease and treatment, a small pilot study suggests. According to study authors, the Wellinks platform may aid patient engagement and outcomes. “It’s exciting to see this population of chronically ill patients successfully…

Pulmatrix Completes Pilot Evaluation of COPD Med in Healthy Volunteers

The clinical stage biopharmaceutical Pulmatrix, recently announced the completion of a pilot study to access the pharmacokinetics of PUR0200 for maintenance treatment of bronchospasms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The testing of PUR0200, a dry powdered generic of a once-daily, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, was done using healthy volunteers. In Europe,…