Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced it has awarded up to $3.3 million to Polyphor AG to develop an inhaled version of murepavadin, an antibiotic that targets multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis. About 17% of individuals with CF who had Pseudomonas infections last year had multi-drug resistant strains.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of tezacaftor/ivacaftor (Symdeko®) for children with cystic fibrosis ages 6 to 11 with specific mutations.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded up to $3 million to Kinnear Pharmaceuticals to conduct preclinical testing of a broad-spectrum anti-infective that has the potential to treat multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas and other infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
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.
Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that it has awarded up to $2.17 million to Beyond Air® to support the development of a portable inhaled nitric oxide treatment for nontuberculous mycobacteria, difficult-to-treat bacteria that infect the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.
Study reaffirms the Foundation's commitment to advance solutions to the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance and evaluate the use of phage to treat infections for people with CF
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of ivacaftor (Kalydeco®) for children as young as 6 months.
Nonprofit issues challenge to accelerate treatments for every person with CF