Asthma

First and only biologic approved in the EU in patients with severe asthma 

26 September 2022

AstraZeneca’s Tezspire (tezepelumab) has been approved in the European Union as an add-on maintenance treatment in patients 12 years and older with severe asthma who are inadequately controlled with high dose inhaled corticosteroids plus another medicinal product.  The approval by the European Commission was based on results from the Pathfinder clinical trial programme, which included […]

Transpire Bio & Recipharm to develop inhaled medicines 

15 July 2022

Pharmaceutical company Transpire Bio will work alongside drug delivery provider Recipharm to develop two inhaled medicines for the treatment of asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).   Transpire Bio announced a definitive agreement with Recipharm to develop its TRB-1 and TRB-2 inhaled medicines. These are the first products developed by Transpire Bio and will be […]

40% of asthma patients overusing inhalers, says data 

5 April 2022

New results from an observational data analysis of asthma inhaler therapy found that short-acting beta2-agonist (SABA) reliever overuse is a global issue adversely impacting asthma outcomes.1,2   Data from across the SABA Use IN Asthma (SABINA) global programme have been published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (JACI: In Practice) and the […]

New data reinforce efficacy of asthma drug 

15 March 2022

Results from a pooled post-hoc analysis of the pivotal NAVIGATOR Phase III and PATHWAY Phase IIb trials showed AstraZeneca and Amgen’s Tezspire (tezepelumab) demonstrated reductions in the annualised asthma exacerbation rate (AAER) across biomarker subgroups of patients with severe asthma.1 According to the company, these findings support the role of Tezspire as a first-in-class treatment […]