Orkambi works even if FEV doesn't improve

I know I'm tracking carefully what people are saying about Orkambi and specifically the FEV improvement. The Vertex conference noted one of the presentations at the NACFC which showed that there was no correlation between the FEV improvement at a specific point and reduced excerbations. In other words, even if FEV isn't improving, Orkambi is still reducing excerbations. Here's the poster presentation: http://www.vrtx.com/assets/pdfs/conf..._Poster241.pdf Something to keep in mind if you aren't seeing an FEV improvement and think it's a waste of time, money, etc.
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