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Cystic Fibrosis News

Cystic Fibrosis Combo Therapy Shows Promise Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's new cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco, when combined with its experimental treatment for the disease (VX-809), led to significant improvement in lung function in a mid-stage study.
Reuters Health Information, May 8, 2012
FDA Lifts Second Hold on Trials of Insmed Lung Drug Insmed Inc can resume the development of its key drug Arikace after the U.S. health regulator lifted a second clinical hold on the drugmaker's experimental treatment for lung disease.
Reuters Health Information, May 8, 2012

Alert FDA Approves Two New Pancreatic Enzymes
FDA Approvals, March 1, 2012
Insmed to Start Enrolling in Amkiacin Lung Trials Mid-2012
Reuters Health Information, February 13, 2012
Alert FDA Approves New Drug for a Form of Cystic Fibrosis
FDA Approvals, January 31, 2012
Pancrelipases, Xerese Cream Returned for Routine Monitoring
Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2012

Cystic Fibrosis Perspectives

Effective New Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis A 48-week, placebo-controlled study finds a new and effective treatment for CF, although there are some limitations.
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, December 7, 2011
Effect of Azithromycin on Lung Function in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Does azithromycin improve lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis not infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa? Dr. Andy Shorr explores the recent data in his latest video blog.
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, June 3, 2010

Exercising With Cystic Fibrosis: Prescription for Health
American College of Sports Medicine, April 8, 2010
Cystic Fibrosis: No Longer a Disease of Childhood and Adolescence
Medscape Internal Medicine, February 18, 2010
Microbiology of Cystic Fibrosis: Identification of a Feared Infection
Medscape Pathology, March 27, 2009
NINR: June 2007
Medscape Nurses, July 12, 2007

Journals

Respiratory Viruses in Children With Cystic Fibrosis
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, May 8, 2012
Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis and the G551D-CFTR Mutation
Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, April 30, 2012
Quality Improvement for Sweat Testing for Cystic Fibrosis
Laboratory Medicine, April 27, 2012
Positive Sweat Chloride in an Infant Asymptomatic for CF
Laboratory Medicine, February 26, 2012
Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, February 7, 2012

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