Dr. Sudarshan Hebbar, Chief Medical Officer, CalciMedica talks about developing drugs that are focused on targeting CRAC channels, calcium release activated calcium channels, in order to modulate these channels to help treat diseases that have a significant inflammatory component. Initially developed drugs for acute pancreatitis targeting both the pancreas and the lung. Now conducting large trial in patients with severe and critical COVID-19 as many of the mechanisms that are shared in the development of lung disease with COVID-19 are shared with acute pancreatitis. Strong evidence that their drug Auxora might be effective for a variety of disorders that cause lung injury.
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