A severe asthma attack is not just an escalation of breathlessness, it is a medical emergency that can spiral into respiratory failure within minutes if ignored. With airways suddenly narrowing, ...
A 13-year-old Broadway star has died from complications of an asthma attack. Laurel Griggs was just six years old when she made her Broadway debut as Polly in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, performing ...
What Is Exdensur, and Why Does It Matter? Exdensur (depemokimab) is a new type of ultra long-acting biologic medicine approved by the FDA as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe eosinophilic ...
Depemokimab-ulaa (Exdensur) is approved for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype, offering protection with just two doses annually. Phase 3 trials demonstrated significant reductions in asthma ...
Severe asthma is already treatable with a monthly injectable GSK drug, the blockbuster product Nucala. A new FDA approval gives the drugmaker the opportunity to reach patients with a different ...
Use of single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) for moderate-to-severe asthma saved money by improving outcomes, according to a meta-analysis. While SMART is recommended by guidelines, ...
Treatment with twice-yearly depemokimab resulted in a significant reduction in the rate of annualized asthma exacerbations compared with placebo. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...
Exdensur is the first and only ultra-long-acting biologic with twice-yearly dosing approved for patients with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype Approval based on SWIFT trials showing ...
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has issued a ‘sincere apology’ for shortcomings in the care of a Dublin teenager who died following a severe asthma attack while waiting over four years to see a ...
Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations with a high degree of accuracy. The study is published in Nature ...
Cole Schmidtknecht died as a result of a severe asthma attack on Jan. 21, 2024, days after leaving a Walgreens pharmacy without his Advair Diskus inhaler due to the medication's sharply increased cost ...