Because certain IPF and post-transplant medications can cause sun sensitivity, skin protection is crucial, says columnist Sam Kirton.

A Texas researcher received a $219,000 NIH grant to study the potential of a treatment for radiation-induced pulmonary ...

Over the coming months, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's 2025 PFF Walk will aim to raise more than $1 million for the ...

Clinical trials are an important part of IPF research, says columnist Sam Kirton, but we need people willing to participate in them.

There is currently no cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF). However, medication and other treatment options can help improve patients’ quality of life, ease symptoms, and slow the disease’s progression.

Breakthrough therapy designation is intended to expedite the development and review of medicines for serious or life-threatening diseases. The decision is based on preliminary clinical evidence ...

Since being diagnosed with IPF in the spring of 2016, I’ve most struggled with the fact that it’s an invisible illness.Unless I’m wearing my supplemental oxygen, no one knows how well or poorly I’m ...

The BEACON-IPF (NCT06097260) trial was assessing whether once-daily doses of bexotegrast (160 mg or 320 mg) could improve lung function in about 360 IPF patients, ages 40 and older, when compared with ...

FIBRONEER-IPF (NCT05321069) enrolled 1,177 patients, ages 40 and older, at several sites in the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Full efficacy and safety data will be ...