Respiratory

Chiesi has been developing medicines to treat respiratory disease for more than 30 years. Thanks to modern treatments, patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are able to live more active lives with greater self-confidence. After all, to breathe is to live. 

Neonatology

By around the completed 37th week of pregnancy, babies will have developed to the point that they are able to survive outside the womb. Any child born before this point is referred to as premature. Thanks to the enormous progress in neonatology (Greek: “the study of newborns”), which is a branch of paediatrics, even children who come into this world early now have a good chance at a healthy life. And yet the beginning is still a challenge for the very littlest patients: their survival often depends on how well developed their lungs are.   SUPPORTING AND OVERCOMING INITIAL...

Rare Diseases

The European Union defines a disease as rare if it affects no more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU. Up to 8,000 rare diseases exist worldwide. Around four million people live with a rare disease in Germany alone; in the EU the number is estimated at 30 million. In most cases, rare diseases present a highly complex clinical picture. One thing that they have in common is a typically chronic progression. Sufferers are frequently affected by disabilities and/or have a limited life expectancy. Symptoms generally appear in childhood. Around 80% of rare diseases have genetic origins or are in...

Transplantation

In cases where an essential organ fails and it is not possible to restore its function, a transplant often provides the only chance of survival. Perhaps also a chance at a new outlook on life. Since the first successful kidney transplant was carried out by Joseph E. Murray in the US in 1954, transplant medicine has made such significant progress that many patients are able to improve their quality of life as well as their chance of survival. The success rates we see today are unquestionably a consequence of the development of modern immunosuppressants that prevent the body from rejecting the...