Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
Merck spends $10 billion for Verona, gaining access to its COPD medication
On Jul. 9, 2025, pharmaceutical giant Merck is buying Verona Pharma, a company that focuses on respiratory diseases,…
First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years
On Nov. 28, 2024, scientists from King’s College London reported that an injection given during some asthma and…
Dupixent® (dupilumab) Approved in the European Union as the First-ever Targeted Therapy for Patients with COPD
On Jul. 3, 2024, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved Dupixent® (dupilumab)…
Risk of severe Covid-19 from asthma and other respiratory diseases modestly increased
On Apr. 1, 2021, Oxford University scientists announced they had published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, a study…
NIH study showed hyaluronan effective in treating chronic lung disease
On Feb. 1, 2021, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators found that inhaling unfragmented…
FDA approved Trelegy Ellipta as first once-daily single inhaler triple therapy for treatment of both asthma and COPD in the U.S.
On Sept. 10, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a…
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
On Jun. 9, 2020, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a…
Washington University received $10 million for DNA sequencing research
On Jun. 21, 2017, McDonnell Genome Institute announced it had received a $10 million from the National Heart,…