Belgo-Dutch biotech Galapagos NV and U.S. partner Gilead Sciences Inc. will discontinue late-stage trials testing their experimental drug ziritaxestat in patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

AstraZeneca topped the first annual Pharmaceutical Invention Index, released by IDEA Pharma.

Bayer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital launched a joint laboratory to research new drugs to treat chronic lung diseases.

Boehringer Ingelheim’s SENSCIS Phase III clinical trial met the primary endpoint for nintedanib in patients with SSc-ILD.