namely maintenance treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Symbicort brought in worldwide sales of $2.7 billion last year, with $1.1 billion of that coming from the ...

Symbicort was first FDA-approved in 2006 as a treatment for asthma, followed by an extension to its label covering COPD in 2009. A further approval in 2017 in childhood asthma has helped the drug ...

Routine Asthma Test More Reliable in the Morning and Has Seasonal Effects, Say Doctors Mar. 12, 2025 — A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming ...

A single daily preventer dose of inhaled corticosteroid (beclomethasone), taken at mid-afternoon, may be the best timing for effective asthma control as it suppresses the usual nocturnal worsening ...

Drug is also being tested as a treatment for the skin condition atopic dermatitis, Sanofi’s next-generation experimental asthma drug failed to significantly reduce flare-ups in patients with ...

The French pharma has been evaluating three doses of the drugs an add-on therapy in the Tide-Asthma trial of 437 patients with moderate to severe asthma. The primary endpoint of the study was the ...

An “inverse vaccine” that delivers deactivated allergens to the liver was able to reduce reactions in mice with allergic asthma for at least a year after treatment. Should the approach ...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role. Chronic inflammation is associated with airway hyper-responsiveness that leads to ...

Airway hyper-responsiveness is a measure of variable airflow limitation and is one of the defining features of asthma. AHR reflects the increased sensitivity of the airways to inhaled stimuli ...

CHILDREN with persistent asthma who received school-based therapy in Columbus, Ohio experienced marked improvements in asthma control and a sharp reduction in healthcare utilization, according to new ...

If you have asthma, allergies, or any respiratory symptoms while in your home, you may want to consider this special national Asthma and Allergy Month offer. You may not realize this, but poor indoor ...

Asthma has many causes and no cure. Learn more about asthma's causes and ways you can address triggers, alleviate symptoms, and avoid allergy attacks.