It’s Rare Disease Day
Worldwide, 473 million people suffer from a rare disease1. But every single one of these diseases is not frequent at all – with some just occurring in a handful of patients. Regulatory pathways and incentives for drug development in rare diseases have facilitated the development of drugs for these indications, both by large pharma companies as well as by many biotechs. In today’s blog […]
Targeting Drug Effects in IPF
In the first two parts of our blog series on drug delivery in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), we focused on inhalation. In this third instalment, we showcase alternative approaches to focusing drug effects to the lung. As we mentioned previously, in the future treatment of IPF, new approaches will need to be compatible, at least initially, with the drugs used currently as “standards of care” (SoC). […]
Challenges in inhaled drug therapy
In the first blog of this series1, we highlighted that, despite the potential advantages, there appear to be only a few opportunities pursuing the inhaled route of delivery in IPF. Our perception is that there is a “double whammy” here – a general nervousness in the Pharma and Investor community regarding inhalation per se and […]
Targeted Delivery in IPF: Inhalation Therapy
As part of a four-part series, we are looking at targeted delivery in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This week, we focus on inhalation therapy after following with interest the progress of the inhaled formulation of pirfenidone (AP01, Avalyn Pharma). This approach delivers high concentrations of a drug already established as an effective oral therapy in […]