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Ortikos, an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid, is approved as a once-daily treatment for mild to moderate active Crohn disease and for maintenance of clinical remission.
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The FDA has approved Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate; AstraZeneca) for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Highest rates of adverse events seen within first month after initiating short course of oral steroids.
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The FDA has approved a prefilled pen formulation of Dupixent (dupilumab; Sanofi and Regeneron), providing another option for administering the treatment.
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Clinical practice guideline addresses 6 emerging questions around COPD management.
Drugs in the Pipeline
The New Drug Application (NDA) for voclosporin (Aurinia Pharmaceuticals) has been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment for lupus nephritis.
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The FDA has expanded the approval of Dupixent® (dupilumab; Regeneron and Sanofi) to include patients aged 6 to 11 years with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are not advisable.
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The ASCO guideline provides updated recommendations for the prevention and management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) based on the emetic risk of the treatment regimen.
ATS 2020
The first-in-class tyrosine kinase inhibitor masitinib decreased asthma exacerbations greater than placebo in patients with severe asthma uncontrolled by oral corticosteroids.
ATS 2020
In patients with COPD, tiotropium/olodaterol was associated with a lower risk for escalation to triple therapy or the development of adverse outcomes compared with LABA/ICS.