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Galapagos' FLORA: Highly Positive Hints In IPF, But More To Prove

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

Mid-stage research in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is getting interesting, with Galapagos' GLPG1690 the second novel treatment to report promising data in the space of a few days. Blockbuster sales await.

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Galapagos NV reported "extremely exciting" Phase IIa data from the FLORA study for its investigational therapy GLPG1690 for the rare and difficult-to-treat lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and for the company, it's a second proof-of-concept result for its discovery platform.

While a small study, FLORA suggested that the drug – a first-in-class small-molecule autotaxin inhibitor – stabilized lung function in...

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