exacerbations

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016

Severe Asthma Reduced in Phase 3 Benralizumab Tests

Asthma, News

AstraZeneca recently announced that the new severe asthma medicine benralizumab met the primary endpoints in two Phase 3 registration trials. Findings of the trials called SIROCCO and CALIMA, revealed that the monoclonal antibody compound ... Read more

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016

Two Phase 3 Trials for Asthma Drug Lebrikizumab Have Differing Results, Genentech Reports

Asthma, News

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, recently reported top-line data from two Phase 3 clinical trials assessing the efficacy and safety of lebrikizumab in people with uncontrolled asthma despite ... Read more

February 10, 2016February 18, 2016

In Asthmatic Kids Whose Symptoms Worsen After School Breaks, Common Cold is Likely Culprit

Asthma, News

A new study reported that children with asthma are more often infected with cold viruses soon after they return to school after a seasonal or holiday break. Worsening asthma symptoms result in ... Read more

November 6, 2015November 9, 2015

New Asthma, COPD Studies Underway into Promising New Therapy

Asthma, COPD, News

Verona Pharma PLC, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of the best quality drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases, announced the end of patient recruitment for two ... Read more

October 22, 2015November 9, 2015

In COPD Patients, Respiratory Infections May Impact Exacerbations

COPD, News

A paper published in the international Journal of COPD, entitled “Respiratory infectious phenotypes in acute exacerbation of COPD: an aid to length of stay and COPD Assessment Test,” indicated how ... Read more

August 3, 2015November 9, 2015

Aclidinium/formoterol Therapy Reduces COPD Patients’ Exacerbations

COPD, News

In a new study entitled “Aclidinium bromide and formoterol fumarate as a fixed-dose combination in COPD: pooled analysis of symptoms and exacerbations from two six-month, multicentre, randomized studies (ACLIFORM and ... Read more

May 20, 2015November 9, 2015

Predictors of Exacerbations Studied in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD, News

In a study recently presented during the 2015 American Thoracic Society International Conference , researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found an association between exacerbations chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... Read more

April 28, 2015November 9, 2015

Researchers Find No Differences Between Two Key Therapy Combos in Patients With COPD Who Are New to Corticosteroids

COPD, News

Results from a recent study published in the journal Respiratory Research show no difference in COPD-related exacerbations or pneumonia events between patients receiving budesonide/formoterol combination (BFC) and fluticasone/salmeterol combination (FSC) in ... Read more