The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of ivacaftor (Kalydeco®) today for people ages 2 and older with cystic fibrosis who have at least one of the following five splice mutations: 3849+10kbC->T, 2789+5G->A, 3272-26A->G, 711+3A->G, E831X.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved ivacaftor (Kalydeco®) for people ages 2 and older who have at least one of 23 residual function mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.
Corbus Pharmaceuticals reported promising results Thursday from an early stage clinical study of a potential anti-inflammatory drug for people with cystic fibrosis.
Foundation to fund up to $110 million for collaboration to accelerate the development of genetic therapies for CF
The Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium Biorepository and Patient Registry, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, will provide critical clinical data and samples to support future research investigating complications of lung transplant.
Results show that people on Trikafta® enrolled in the six-week study were able to safely stop taking one of the two common CF medications without negatively affecting their health.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation participated in a Congressional briefing hosted by Friends of Cancer Research on July 24 to educate members of the U.S. Senate about new processes developed by the FDA to speed the approval of breakthrough therapies.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that it submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the approval of the first triple-combination therapy for cystic fibrosis.
Today, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. released the initial Phase 3 clinical trial data for one of two next-generation, triple-combination modulators currently being tested.