Two weeks into the project, Stephens' husband was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a terminal illness, and placed on life support.
Pirfenidone is InterMune's investigational drug candidate for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to reduce decline in lung function.
Four charities including CP Sport, Hope Against Cancer, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and Pulmonary Fibrosis Research will benefit from funds raised on the day.
The four main charities to benefit will be Nottingham Hospitals Charity for Pulmonary Fibrosis Research, Hope Against Cancer, Cerebral Palsy Sport and Muscular Dystrophy.
Hilgartner, now 67, was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), one of the more lethal forms of severe fibrotic conditions that afflict more than 10 million Americans.
Creed listened to her heart, which had a normal rhythm, and to her lungs, hearing the fine crackles of her pulmonary fibrosis but also a new wheeze.
The comic wanted to be entirely free of the drug - which he had used to treat pulmonary fibrosis, an inflammatory lung disease - and be back to his normal weight by March.
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The company has tried to create new enthusiasm with with efforts to expand into hepatitis C, the viral liver disease that is looking like the next big drug market, and into other areas such as heart disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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But in conditions such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the "brush" fails to work properly, they suggest, becoming squashed and trapping mucus, which then becomes stuck to cells.
Professor Danny McAuley from the Centre for Infection and Immunity, a partner in developing the new nanomedicine, said that, if successful, this nanomedicine could also have application in other common lung disorders such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Cystic Fibrosis.
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