Respiratory

    Chiesi conducts research within asthma and COPD, the most common respiratory diseases Chiesi is fully committed to the work of improving the care and quality of life of everybody suffering from respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Both asthma and COPD lead to substantially reduced quality of life, increased sick leave and increased risk of early death. According to the WHO's latest estimates, globally 235 million people are suffering from asthma and 251 million from COPD.1,2   New strategies, fewer people will be...

Neonatology

CHIESI – A RESULT OF SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH WITHIN NEONATOLOGY A normal delivery takes place between weeks 37 and 42 of a pregnancy. By that time, the foetus is fully formed and sufficiently developed to be able to adapt to extra-uterine life. Sometimes delivery takes place before the 37th week. In that case, the baby is considered to be premature, with the degree of organ development dependent on the gestational age. Maturation and functionality of the lungs is critical for survival. Depending on the gestational age, lungs can be completely or partially immature, and thus unable to...

Rare diseases

RARE DISEASES Rare diseases, or uncommon diagnoses, is a generic term for a range of diseases that affect very few people. The European criteria for a disease or diagnosis to be designated as uncommon is that it is present in a maximum of 1 in 2,000 people and leads to disability. In total there are more than 6,000 uncommon diseases and even though each diagnosis is rare, overall there is a large number of people living with a rare disease.   Care in connection with rare diseases These diseases create special needs due to the fact that they are rare, serious, chronic and sometimes...

Special care

Kidney and liver failure – organ transplants The kidneys perform a number of physiological functions, ranging from filtering the blood and removing waste products to maintaining the electrolyte balance and regulating the production of red blood cells via the hormone erythropoietin. Organ failure means that an organ loses the capacity to perform its physiological functions, and this creates a potential threat to both the quality of life and the survival of the patient.    Chronic kidney failure The severity of renal impairment is usually quantified through laboratory...