Several weeks after reporting positive results for nerandomilast for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Boehringer Ingelheim ...

Nerandomilast worked better than a placebo to preserve lung function in adults with progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a Phase 3 study.

If you breathe them in over and over, your lungs will stay inflamed, and scars may develop, which can make it hard to breathe normally. It's hard to tell how many people have hypersensitivity ...

Previous studies have reported the prevalence of silicosis among agate-stone workers to range from 18% to 69%, with the rate ...

Certain air pollutants, particularly silica, asbestos, and heavy metals, can cause scarring of lung tissue, leading to pulmonary fibrosis. This disease results in thick, stiff lung tissue ...

Your lung tissue often gets inflamed during this process. As a result, scar tissue may form in your lungs, just as it would after an injury. Since scar tissue is less stretchy than regular lung ...

PureTech said the drug has a ”multimodal mechanism of action” that could work on the lung dysfunction recently documented in COVID-19 patients, inclu ding those who have recovered from infection.

Pliant Therapeutics halted new enrollment in its BEACON-IPF trial after a safety board review. A separate study showed ...