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GSK and Theravance see FDA nod for asthma indication

March 20, 2015
Sales and Marketing Advair, AstraZeneca, Dulera, FDA, Foradil, GSK, Merck, Symbicort, Theravance, asthma, breo, budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydratem, ellipta, fluticasone propionate, formoterol fumarate, mometasone/formoterol

An FDA panel has recommended the approval of asthma treatment Breo Ellipta in adults – but voted against supporting its …

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AstraZeneca loses US Pulmicort patent

February 16, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Budesonide Inhalation Suspension, asthma, pulmicourt, respiratory

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has been dealt a blow by the courts in the US, after a district judge ruled its …

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Novartis seeks FDA approval for lung drugs

January 8, 2015
Sales and Marketing Advair, FDA, GSK, NVA237, Novartis, QVA149, Seretide, asthma, lung copd

Novartis has submitted two new lung treatments for FDA approval after ‘robust’ Phase III trial results. If approved, QVA149 and …

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Vectura and J&J shake on asthma/COPD deal

January 6, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, J&J, JJ, Janssen, asthma, johnson, rezolsta, tybost, vectura

British firm Vectura has entered an agreement with Johnson & Johnson’s pharma unit Janssen to develop therapies for asthma and …

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Europe must prepare for COPD ‘timebomb’

November 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing COPD, Europe, European COPD Coalition, Spiriva, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Health services in Europe are not making sufficient effort to cope with the escalating burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

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Laser testing could lead to improved asthma therapies

November 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxford, asthma, pmdis, pope, stfc

UK scientists have used a laser beam trap to examine how drug particles from asthma inhalers travel through the air …

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Boehringer’s Striverdi gains FDA approval

August 1, 2014
Sales and Marketing Advair, COPD, Pfizer, Spiriva, asthma, olodaterol

Boehringer Ingelheim’s new lung drug Striverdi has gained US approval for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol), …

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CHMP breathes new life into GSK, Teva and Novartis

February 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CHMP, COPD, EMA, GSK, Gilead, Teva, asthma, onoro

The CHMP has given its backing to a number of new treatments for respiratory diseases, which include two from London-based …

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GSK banks on bioelectronics with new fund

August 9, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bioelectronics, COPD, GSK, asthma, diabetes

GSK has established a $50 million venture capital fund to invest in the emerging field of bioelectronics. Described as one …

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Positive news for Sanofi asthma drug

May 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dupilumab, Regeneron, Sanofi, asthma

An asthma drug being developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has performed well in a Phase IIa trial, reducing the …

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GSK severe asthma drug progresses to Phase III

August 20, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Advair, GSK, Phase II, asthma, phase III

GlaxoSmithKline’s severe asthma drug mepolizumab has impressed in a mid-stage study, meaning it can now progress into Phase III testing. …

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Mobile monitoring of asthma ‘no better’ than traditional methods

March 26, 2012
Medical Communications BMJ, Mobile monitoring, apps, asthma, smartphone

Mobile phone monitoring of asthma is ‘more expensive and no better than paper monitoring’, says new research.  Findings published in …

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Underwhelming results for GSK’s Relovair

January 10, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Advair, COPD, GSK, Relovair, Seretide, asthma

GlaxoSmithKline says it is on track to file its respiratory drug Relovair in Europe and the US despite mixed results …

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First personalised asthma drug shows promise

August 4, 2011
Roche, asthma, personalised medicine

Roche’s personalised asthma drug lebrikizumab has met its primary end point in a phase II trial. Lebrikizumab increased the level …

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NICE consults on asthma drug reducing procedure

July 26, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, asthma

NICE has launched a consultation in the UK on a new medical procedure which, if it proves safe and effective, …

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