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C4XD provides update on diabetes & inflammation compounds

23 September 2015 | By Victoria White

C4XD expects to progress its type 2 diabetes and inflammation programmes into in vivo proof-of-principle testing in the next few months...

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Boehringer Ingelheim and BioMed X team up for COPD project

22 September 2015 | By Victoria White

The companies have applied a crowdsourcing approach to establish a research team who will endeavour to identify new approaches for the treatment of patients with COPD...

Round 8 of Biomedical Catalyst awards announced

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MRC, GSK and five leading UK universities collaborate to crack difficult disease areas

15 July 2015 | By Victoria White

GSK and MRC are to collaborate on a unique open innovation research initiative aiming to improve scientists’ understanding of inflammatory diseases...

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Domainex granted US and EU patents for its lead programme, targeting IKK epsilon and TBK1

11 May 2015 | By Victoria White

US and EU Patent Offices have granted Domainex patents for the first generation of inhibitor compounds in its lead programme targeting IKK epsilon and TBK1.

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New method of investigating human lung tissue enables improved drug target validation for COPD treatment

30 April 2015 | By Victoria White

Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have succeeded in testing the effectiveness of new approaches for treating COPD on ex vivo 3D-LTCs...

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MRC Technology launches respiratory ‘Call for Targets’

2 March 2015 | By MRC Technology

Project focused on potential small molecule or antibody targets in pathways important in the development or progression of respiratory disease...

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Ario Pharma acquires PharmEste’s TRPA1 research assets

11 September 2014 | By Ario Pharma

New chemistry strengthens Ario Pharma’s existing TRPA1 asthma programme and reduces time to selection of new drug candidates...

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GSK and Theravance announce initiation of phase III programme with fixed dose triple combination treatment FF/UMEC/VI in patients with COPD

16 July 2014 | By GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc and Theravance, Inc. announced the start of a global phase III study, known as IMPACT, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the ‘closed’ triple combination of FF/UMEC/VI in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

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Domainex reports success of its lead compound in pre-clinical model of COPD and secures £1.4m Biomedical Catalyst Award

9 July 2014 | By Domainex

Domainex Ltd announced that its lead compound has demonstrated a more potent effect in a key model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than either roflumulast or a p38 inhibitor...

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AstraZeneca in-licenses Synairgen’s SNG001 as a novel immuno-modulatory therapy for viral-induced exacerbation in asthma

12 June 2014 | By AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca announced a global licence agreement with Synairgen Plc for SNG001, a novel, inhaled interferon beta (IFN-beta) in clinical development for treating respiratory tract viral infections in patients with severe asthma...

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