Life Arc and Asthma + Lung UK tackling chronic lung disease

Bronchiectasis is the UK’s third most common chronic lung condition affecting 1 in 200 adults, yet remains largely unknown. It is complex, often under-diagnosed and misdiagnosed, and currently has no licensed treatments available.

Life Arc are dedicated to advancing medical research focused on the diagnosis and treatment of bronchiectasis. With Asthma + Lung UK, Life Arc want to reach both to those studying bronchiectasis and industry players to consider the opportunities available in advancing new innovations.

Living with bronchiectasis (BE), a chronic lung condition, can require a massive shift to daily life.

This is the experience of Charlotte whose son Felix was diagnosed with BE after unexpectedly being rushed to hospital with pneumonia. Felix bravely fought for his life for 37 days before a CT scan finally revealed his condition.

Unfortunately, as it is poorly understood and has overlapping symptoms with other lung conditions, BE often goes undiagnosed and sometimes is only identified once patients are critically ill – like in Felix’s case.

With no effective treatments available, Felix is left with no option but to manage his condition daily by clearing his airways of mucus. This critical task prevents mucus build-up, which could lead to life-threatening infections and lung damage. He also takes antibiotics, but no drugs can yet reverse the effects.

The emotional toll on families like Charlotte’s is immense. Life Arc aim to raise awareness of the impact of bronchiectasis and increase research efforts into drugs that can improve, and ideally cure, this condition.

Life Arc make life science life changing,  helping promising scientific ideas reach the next phase of development through investment, partnerships and expertise for health conditions that need it most.

Asthma + Lung UK’s vision is for a world where everyone has healthy lungs. From research and campaigning to advice and support, as the nation’s lung charity they are on a mission to change the way that lung health is perceived.

To find out more about Life Arc please visit:

https://www.lifearc.org/

To learn more about Asthma + Lung UK please go to:

https://www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/

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