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An update on emerging drugs for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Expert opinion on emerging drugs - 1 Jun 2018
Aryal Shambhu, Nathan Steven D
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INTRODUCTION: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive fibrotic lung disease of unknown etiology associated with a high morbidity and mortality. The hallmark of the disease is impaired healing after alveolar epithelial injury in the setting of a genetic predisposition. Development of two new drugs has changed the landscape of the treatment of IPF but more work is needed to improve outcomes and...
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