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BMS Trumpets Breakthrough For Phase III-Bound IPF Drug

Strong Showing For LPA1 Antagonist

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Bristol Myers Squibb believes LPA1 receptor inhibition is the best approach to meet the urgent need for well tolerated new pulmonary fibrosis treatment options that can improve symptoms and address the underlying cause of disease.

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The development path for better idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) treatments is strewn with failures but Bristol Myers Squibb Company is hoping for a more successful journey on the back of positive mid-stage data for the high dose of its lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA1) antagonist.

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