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World Lung Cancer Day: Experts Offer New Hope for Screening and Emerging Treatments
02 Aug 2025 00:35 GMT
… always approved by the FDA. Some developers seek FDA approval to enable … “I show them the emphysema in their lungs—holes that … people who already have cancer. Treatment works better, survival improves, … goes down,” she said.
Treating Small Cell Lung Cancer: A …
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Treatment Considerations for End-Stage COPD
01 Aug 2025 20:10 GMT
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Hi, everyone. Dr Chandrasekaran here, and today I'm going to talk about end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
We commonly diagnose COPD based off one of three things. One being imaging, …
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Rethinking Airway Inflammation: Treating Airway Disease at the Intersection of Asthma and COPD
29 Jul 2025 11:13 GMT
… inflammatory mechanisms, symptom patterns, and treatment responses—particularly among patients with … examine how these developments continue to evolve the treatment field of COPD … the smoking history, they have emphysema, they have fixed obstruction, but …
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Differentiating Emphysema From Emphysema-Dominated COPD Patients with CT Imaging Feature and Machine Learning
25 Jul 2025 09:16 GMT
… emphysema-dominant COPD warrants further investigation. This study aims to: (1) Developing … to the “treat all” or “treat none” strategies … monitoring, and personalized treatment strategies.
Machine Learning … analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2022;10(5 …
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Korro Receives European Medicines Agency Orphan Drug Designation for KRRO-110
21 Jul 2025 12:00 GMT
… . Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of AATD. … exploratory endpoints include pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters that will … Affected adults experience pulmonary emphysema and/or … clinical trial; KRRO-110’s potential to treat both …
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Korro Receives European Medicines Agency Orphan Drug Designation For KRRO-110
21 Jul 2025 12:19 GMT
… . Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of AATD. … exploratory endpoints include pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters that will … Affected adults experience pulmonary emphysema and/or … clinical trial; KRRO-110's potential to treat …
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Assertive Community Treatment for Complex and Costly Patients
19 Jul 2025 05:09 GMT
… strong evidence base developed for the treatment of individuals with … strong evidence base developed for the treatment of individuals with … disease, diabetes, and emphysema.13 This realization led … a randomized, controlled trial. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(2 …
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Lung cancer screenings can uncover treatable emphysema in patients
18 Jul 2025 20:15 GMT
… detecting both cancer and emphysema.
Advanced treatment options are now available
As … with advanced emphysema has included medical management consisting of medications (bronchodilators … COPD/emphysema.
In the typical BLVR procedure, FDA-approved Zephyr …
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AvevoRx Inks Limited Distribution Deal for Popular Alpha-1 Drug
17 Jul 2025 21:04 GMT
… drugs specifically designed to treat patients with the rare genetic form of emphysema … mission."
To administer the drug, AvevoRx will rely heavily on … , chronic disorders. Treatments are made available via specialized pharmacy locations, field nurses …
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Merck to acquire respiratory drug maker, Verona Pharma for $10 billion
10 Jul 2025 03:55 GMT
… and Drug Administration approved Ohtuvayre in June 2024 for the maintenance treatment … restricted airflow and breathing problems. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the … currently under development for the maintenance treatment of COPD.
Verona Pharma is a …