Forget Lab Rats: Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip – Wall Street Journal- India


Wall Street Journal- India

Forget Lab Rats: Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip
Wall Street Journal- India
Company scientists want to see whether these "lungs on a chip" can help them better understand the biology behind asthma and identify promising candidates for medicines, says Don Nicholson, who oversees Merck's respiratory drug research. If efforts

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Green DRIVE bus pull challenge raises money, awareness for youth asthma – The Providence Journal


The Providence Journal

Green DRIVE bus pull challenge raises money, awareness for youth asthma
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE — Jerediah Gonzalez of Cranston leads team Project 401, a non-profit break-dancing group, as it pulls a 29,000-pound Green DRIVE bus across the skating rink in Kennedy Plaza to help raise money for youth asthma outreach and education

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GlaxoSmithKline’s asthma med among top-selling drugs in U.S. – Triangle Business Journal (blog)

GlaxoSmithKline's asthma med among top-selling drugs in U.S.
Triangle Business Journal (blog)
The British drug company, which has its North American headquarters in Research Triangle Park, comes in fifth with asthma medicine Advair Diskus. The rest of the top five: Otsuka Pharmaceuticals' Abilify. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals' (NYSE: AZN) Nexium

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Media advisory – Making Schools Safe for Children with Asthma – Wall Street Journal (press release)

Media advisory – Making Schools Safe for Children with Asthma
Wall Street Journal (press release)
Why: One in five children in Ontario schools has asthma. The tragic death of 12-year-old Ryan Gibbons last year is a stark reminder of the need to create and maintain school environments that permit students and staff with asthma to breathe freely and

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Chronic cough can mean asthma, postnasal drip or GERD – Sioux City Journal – Sioux City Journal

Chronic cough can mean asthma, postnasal drip or GERD – Sioux City Journal
Sioux City Journal
Laura is a 55-year-old patient of mine who has had asthma for years. Her symptoms are few, in no small part because she faithfully follows instructions about using her control inhalers every day, no matter whether she feels like she needs the

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