Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

May 24, 2022

EU Recommends Approval for PTC Therapeutics’ Gene Therapy Upstaza Upstaza, a gene therapy developed by PTC Therapeutics for patients with the genetic condition AADC deficiency, has been recommended for EU approval, putting another test of gene therapy's commercial prospects in the union. Upstaza (eladocagene exu...

Apr 08, 2022

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death across the globe. It is a widespread, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow restriction caused by airway and alveolar abnormalities, which are mainly induced by prolonged exposu...

May 26, 2021

Today, the increasing prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) is one of the leading health challenges worldwide. CRDs affect hundreds of millions of people and cause huge mortality, morbidity, immense socio-economic burden, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).  Over the past few decades, si...

Jul 15, 2020

The global healthcare system over the past few decades has transformed exponentially. Today we are living twice as long as our ancestors have lived before. Infrastructure development, technological advancements (such as accurate diagnosis and lesser medical errors), public-private partnerships in healthcare, availa...

Mar 09, 2020

William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, way back in 1803, said: "What is now proved was once only imagined.". The quote stays fit in today's highly innovative and technologically sophisticated society. Innovation has brought many life-saving products and services that have significantly improved th...

Jan 30, 2020

A Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical, Annovis Bio, has raised USD12 million by listing its 2 million shares at USD 6 each. The company has managed to net USD 2 million more by offering 40% more shares.  The company plans to use the funds raised to address the unmet needs in the Alzheimer’s disease market...

Nov 20, 2019

World COPD day observed on every 3rd Wednesday of November. This year, on 20th November, we are creating awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. COPD is of two types: Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis. According to a repor...

Nov 15, 2019

Levels of air pollution have risen dramatically over the past years due to increasing outdoor human activities such as industrialization, urbanization and indoor activities like burning of solid fuels, coal, etc. This has contaminated the air we breathe with several harmful substances such as Sulfur dioxide (SO2), ...

Nov 15, 2018

[caption id="attachment_3632" align="aligncenter" width="1387"]                                                                                                     COPD[/caption] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lung...

Dec 26, 2016

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive life-threatening lung disease which leads to airflow limitation and interferes with normal breathing. According to World Health Organization, approximately 64 million people are affected by COPD worldwide. World Health Organization estimates Chronic Obstr...