Bristol Myers Squibb Gets A Second Hit In Pulmonary Fibrosis

Phase III trials of BMS-986278 are already being prepped.   

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Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA1) antagonist had already succeeded in Phase II in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; data presented at the weekend suggest that BMS-986278 might work in the progressive form of the disease, too. 

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