IPF is a progressive, irreversible and fatal interstitial lung disease characterized by thickening and scarring of the air sacs in the lungs affecting approximately 100,000 people in the U.S. and reducing their life expectancy to between two and five years from diagnosis. IPF patients suffer from severe functional impairment that limits their ability to perform basic daily tasks, resulting in a significant deterioration in their quality of life. Pulsed nitric oxide, delivered via Bellerophon’s patented INOpulse® device and delivery algorithm, is the first therapy with the potential to improve a patient’s physical activity levels, cardiac output and oxygen saturation by treating both the ventilation perfusion mismatch driven by the fibrosis, as well as pulmonary hypertension, a common comorbidity in the IPF patient population.
Bellerophon is currently conducting a Phase 2/3 (iNO-PF) study of nitric oxide and its proprietary INOpulse system to treat patients with IPF, as well as other pulmonary fibrotic diseases.
“The receipt of orphan drug designation represents a significant milestone for our INOpulse clinical development program,” said
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At Bellerophon: Fabian Tenenbaum, Chief Executive Officer (908) 574-4767 |
At LifeSci Advisors: Brian Ritchie (212) 915-2578 britchie@lifesciadvisors.com |
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Source: Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc.