Biopharma raising $500K eyes competitive asthma/COPD drug market

A biopharmaceutical startup developing a new treatment for asthma that targets the nitric oxide signaling system has raised $50,000 of a planned $500,000 fundraise, according to recently filed SEC documents...

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Inflammation and Mortality in Older Asthma Patients

Newswise — ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO – Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results imply that elderly patients are either less likely to follow asthma medication dosing instructions, or that the underlying airway inflammation in elderly patients is relatively resistant to current anti-inflammatory therapies...

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Early asthma diagnosis helps manage disease: Doctors

NAGPUR: Children are generally more prone to falling ill. No wonder that when children are seen coughing, even recurrent bouts of cough, parents and even doctors think it is not alarming. Many times, however, these illnesses may be signs of asthma...

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