2005 IPF News and Announcements

11/28/05 - New Study Shows N-acetylcysteine (NAC) May Improve Treatment of IPF

11/16/05 - Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Fundraising Campaign Raises More Than $290,000 for IPF

11/14/05 - CPF Provides Update on the Use of Portable Oxygen Concentrators on Airlines

10/27/05 - The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler Awarded $7.8 Million NIH Grant to Study Lung Scarring

10/19/05 - Oxygen Travelers Need Your Help Now! Show your Support for DOT Ruling Allowing Oxygen Concentrators Onboard Commercial Airlines!

10/17/05 - InterMune to Expand IPF Study by 200 Patients, Says Clinical Trial Still on Schedule

10/04/05 - Coalition For Pulmonary Fibrosis Concludes Its Most Successful National IPF Awareness Week

09/21/05 - Campaign ACT Update: IPF Resolutions (H.R. 178 & S. Res. 236) Gains Momentum in Congress

09/20/05 - CPF Partners with Emory Center for the Study of Interstitial Lung Disease to Host Living with IPF Seminar November 12, 2005

09/19/05 - CPF 2005 Holiday Insert Cards Now Available!

09/03/05 - CPF Co-Hosts “Living with IPF” Educational Seminar at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver - Video Copies of Event Now Available!

09/01/05 - CPF 'Action Alert' Member Newsletter, Fall, 2005 .pdf | .doc

08/22/05 - Show Your Support for National IPF Awareness Week by Wearing the CPF's New "Butterfly" Lapel Pin!

08/15/05 - First-Time National Poll on IPF Reveals Disorder’s Prevalence Far Greater Than Its Public Awareness

08/10/05 - Recently Published Metaanalysis Shows Interferon Gamma 1-b to be Associated with Improved Survival in IPF

08/09/05 - New National Poll Funded by CPF Finds Vast Majority of Americans Support Embryonic Stem Cell Research

08/04/05 - CPF Provides $5,000 Grant to the Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease in Support of “Fore IPF” Charity Fundraiser Sept 12, 2005

07/01/05 - University of Minnesota Lung Center IPF Education Day Presentations Now Available

06/23/05 - ACT: Help CPF Urge Congress to support New Legislation to Improve Awareness of IPF

06/21/05 - CPF Introduces New Fundraising Tool Kit for Members

06/08/05 - CPF 'Action Alert' Member Newsletter, Summer 2005 .pdf | .doc

06/01/05 - CoTherix Initiates Phase II Trial for Ventavis(R) in IPF Patients with Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

05/24/05 - Amarillo Biosciences, Inc. Reports on Clinical Trial of Interferon Therapy in IPF

05/23/05 - InterMune Posts Positive Trial Data: Company Says Actimmune Appears to Fight Pulmonary Fibrosis

05/16/05 - 05/16/05: Cambridge Antibody Technology and Genzyme to Initiate Phase I Clinical Trial of GC-1008 in IPF

05/10/05 - CPF Partners with National Jewish Medical & Research Center to Host "Living With IPF" Educational Seminar July 23

05/09/05 - Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Partners with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the University of Chicago to Raise Funds to Find a Cure for IPF

05/09/05 - Ron Rakos to Participate in IronMan Triathlon to Raise Funds for the CPF

05/08/05 - United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Updates Patient Education Materials Describing New Lung Allocation Policy

05/02/05 - Promising Results from Phase II Study of Pirfenidone Seen in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

04/13/05 - Temple University to Host IPF Patient Seminar in Conjunction with CME Program April 19, 2005

03/29/05 - InterMune Anticipates Initiating Phase III Clinical Trial of Pirfenidone for IPF During First Half of 2006

03/07/05 - CPF Supports Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (House Resolution 810)

03/01/05 - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to Host “Living With IPF” Educational Seminar

02/25/05 - CPF 'Action Alert' Member Newsletter, Spring 2005 .pdf | .doc

02/16/05 - Fibrogen Completes $100 Million Equity Financing: Plans Phase II Study of FG- 3019 in IPF for Mid-2005

02/07/05 - CPF Provides $5,000 Grant to University of Minnesota in Support of IPF Patient Education Program April 30, 2005

02/05/05 - CPF Doubles Membership in 2004- The Year in Review

02/03/05 - CPF Awards $60,000 Research Gift to University of Michigan Health System for Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

01/28/05 - UCLA Study Finds Mesenchymal Stem Cells Contribute to Pulmonary Fibrosis

01/10/05 - Largest Completed IPF Study Points to Survival as Key Endpoint in Future Actimmune Studies