Asthma

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Molecule Produced by Parasitic Worms Could Lead to New Asthma Therapies, Study Suggests

Asthma, News

Researchers have identified a molecule produced by parasitic worms that could aid in the effort to find new therapies for people with asthma, a new study suggests. The study, titled “HpARI Protein ... Read more

October 20, 2017October 21, 2017

Vitamin D Supplements Reduce Asthma Flare-ups, Study Shows

Asthma, News

Vitamin D supplements reduce asthma flare-ups that require treatment with systemic corticosteroids, regardless of patients’ age, ethnicity, body-mass index, use of inhaled corticoids, or vitamin D levels before starting supplements, ... Read more

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017

Potential Oral Asthma Therapy Enters Phase 1 Clinical Development, OncoArendi Says

Asthma, News

Germany’s top regulatory agency has approved a Phase 1 clinical study in healthy volunteers of OATD-01, an investigative asthma drug developed by Poland’s OncoArendi Therapeutics. The approval by Germany’s Federal Institute for ... Read more

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017

FDA Opens the Door for People with Asthma to Use Antifungal Therapy Pulmazole

Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to Pulmatrix’s request to consider making the lung-fungus therapy Pulmazole (PUR1900) available to people with asthma in addition to people with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, or ... Read more

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017

Tezepelumab Reduces Exacerbation Rates in Patients with Severe Asthma, Trial Results Show

Asthma, News

Patients with severe and uncontrolled asthma who took tezepelumab had significantly lower annual asthma exacerbation rates than those on placebo, according to the latest results of the PATHWAY Phase 2b trial. ... Read more

September 1, 2017September 1, 2017

Asthma Is Associated with Subsequent Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Shows

Asthma, News

A population-based study found an association between asthma and the subsequent development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Using health databases from Alberta, Canada, the study examined 5,464 IBD patients (3,087 with Crohn’s disease ... Read more

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017

British Researchers Study Why Asthmatic Kids are More Likely to be Overweight

Asthma, News

Children with asthma are more likely to be overweight, and obesity, in turn, often makes asthma more severe. To find out why, researchers at two British institutions have launched a project ... Read more

August 24, 2017August 25, 2017

Ethris, AstraZeneca and MedImmune to Collaborate on Developing Respiratory Disease Therapies

Asthma, COPD, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

Ethris has entered into a five-year research partnership with AstraZeneca and its subsidiary MedImmune to develop mRNA-based therapies for lung diseases. The partnership will use Ethris’ proprietary SNIM®RNA technology. The nucleic acid ... Read more

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Vaccination Against Lung Pathogens Vital for People with Lung Disease, American Lung Association Reminds

Asthma, COPD, News, Pneumonia

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association is reminding adults with serious lung diseases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccination against common ... Read more

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017

FDA Approves Teva’s QVAR RediHaler Asthma Maintenance Inhaler

Asthma, News

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its QVAR RediHaler breath-actuated inhaler for maintenance treatment of asthma as a prophylactic therapy in patients 4 years ... Read more