Verona completes enrolment in pilot study of potential COVID-19 inhaler
15th January 2021
UK-headquartered Verona Pharma has completed enrolment in its pilot study evaluating the efficacy of ensifentrine delivered via pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) formulation in patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
The US-based study is evaluating the effect of ensifentrine on key outcomes in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, including facilitation of recovery from the viral infection, clinical status improvement and reduction in supplemental oxygen use and progression to mechanical ventilation.
Previously, ensifentrine has demonstrated significant and clinically meaningful improvements in both lung function and symptoms in Verona’s Phase II clinical studies in patients with moderate-to-severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Friday, January 15, 2021 - 2:29 pm
POTSDAM Richard J. Del Guidice, 81, died Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Canton-Potsdam Hospital from complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Richard wrote his own obituary “so Kathryn won’t have another duty at a difficult time.” Excerpts follow:
Richard was born September 20, 1939 in Manhattan to Dominic and Ellen Tobin Del Guidice, who were wonderful parents in all ways. He and his beloved brother, Robert, were blessed by their limitless love and guidance.
Richard grew up in an apartment building in Astoria, where his mother’s sister also lived with her husband and three girls. The two sisters created one family that made cousins into sisters and brothers. Richard attended public schools, and “when not in school, it was stickball, street football and, in warmer weather, sandlot baseball.”
What does vaping really do to our lungs?
13 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM
5 minutes to read
Vaping is touted as a lesser of two evils for smokers trying to quit - but a Kiwi scientist says there s much about e-cigarettes long-term effects that we still don t know. Photo / 123RF
Vaping is touted as a lesser of two evils for smokers trying to quit - but a Kiwi scientist says there s much about e-cigarettes long-term effects that we still don t know. Photo / 123RF
Vaping is touted as a lesser of two evils for smokers trying to quit - but a Kiwi scientist says there s much about e-cigarettes long-term effects that we still don t know.