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32nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) 18-20 October-Denver – Submission 89

Submission: 89 – IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS REGULATING GOBLET CELL METAPLASIA: PHENOTYPIC SCREENING WITH BRONCHOSPHERES Henry Danahay1, Clive McCarthy1, Roy Fox2 and Martin Gosling1 1Enterprise Therapeutics, UK; 2University of Sussex, UK   The composition of mucus in the CF airway, and in particular the hydration status, significantly affects its clearance and thereby the potential for form plugs, […]

Enterprise Therapeutics raises £29 million ($41 million USD) funding

Brighton, UK – 12 April 2018: Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd (Enterprise), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research and development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases, today announced that it has closed an oversubscribed £29 million ($41 million USD) Series B round co-led by Versant Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund. The syndicate also […]

Building in vivo potency and duration of action and into a novel inhaled ENaC blocker, ETD001, presented at the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Basic Science Meeting, Loutraki, Greece, March 2018

Inhaled drugs are typically cleared very rapidly from the airway mucosa. Inhaled amiloride, accelerated mucociliary clearance in clinical studies, but with a half-life in the airway mucosa of <30 min, it was a short acting effect which did not translate into clinical efficacy. To achieve a long duration of action in the clinic with novel […]

Identifying pathways regulating goblet cell metaplasia: phenotypic screening with bronchospheres, presented at the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Basic Science Meeting, Loutraki, Greece, March 2018

It is widely accepted that the composition of mucus in the CF airway, and in particular the hydration status, significantly affects its clearance and thereby the potential for form plugs, restrict airflow and create a nidus for chronic microbial colonisation. A variety of largely ion channel-based strategies are being employed to promote mucosal hydration e.g. […]

Enterprise Therapeutics receives funding from Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Award will support research into the use of bronchosphere technology as innovative treatment Brighton, UK – 05 April, 2017: Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery company dedicated to the research and development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases, has won funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to identify new drug mechanisms for […]

The discovery of novel TMEM16A potentiator compounds, presented at the Gordon research Conference, “Mucus & Mucociliary interactions”, Galveston, USA, February 2017

It is widely accepted that the composition of mucus in the CF airway, and in particular the hydration status, significantly affects its clearance and thereby the potential for form plugs, restrict airflow and create a nidus for chronic microbial colonisation. A variety of largely ion channel-based strategies are being employed to promote mucosal hydration e.g. […]

Enterprise Therapeutics Announces £4 million ($5 million USD) Fundraising

Brighton, UK – 10th November, 2016: Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery company dedicated to the research and development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases, today announced that it has closed a £4 million ($5 million USD) financing. The funding was led by existing investors Epidarex Capital and Imperial Innovations and will […]

Enterprise Therapeutics appoints Dr John Ford as CEO

Brighton, UK – October 17, 2016 – Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd, a drug discovery company dedicated to the research and development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases, today announced that it has appointed Dr John Ford as CEO with immediate effect. Enterprise Therapeutics is developing novel muco-regulatory therapies for patients suffering with Chronic […]