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  • AstraZeneca’s Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results – Wall Street Journal

    Wall Street Journal AstraZeneca's Asthma Drug Shows Positive ResultsWall Street JournalBing Yao, head of respiratory medicine at AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit, said benralizumab acted directly on the cells that are thought to cause attacks in patients with severe asthma. He said the Glaxo and Teva drugs, by contrast, act indirectly by …AstraZeneca set to go head…

  • AstraZeneca Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results – Wall Street Journal

    Reuters AstraZeneca Asthma Drug Shows Positive ResultsWall Street JournalBing Yao, head of respiratory medicine at the company's MedImmune unit, said benralizumab acted directly on the cells that are thought to cause attacks in severe asthma patients. He said the Glaxo and Teva drugs, by contrast, act indirectly by …AstraZeneca asthma drug hits goal, to enter…

  • UK Biotech Circassia Moves Into Asthma With Two Acquisitions – Wall Street Journal (blog)

    Wall Street Journal (blog) UK Biotech Circassia Moves Into Asthma With Two AcquisitionsWall Street Journal (blog)Allergy and asthma are natural bedfellows: That's the rationale behind Circassia Pharmaceuticals PLC's acquisition spree announced Friday. The Oxford, England, biotech, which is developing vaccines for a range of allergies, has bought Swedish-listed …UK's Circassia buys two asthma-focused firms for up…

  • Asthma Complaints Increase in Wake of East Harlem Explosion – Wall Street Journal

    Wall Street Journal Asthma Complaints Increase in Wake of East Harlem ExplosionWall Street JournalThe figures aren't conclusive, and some experts think pre-existing housing conditions such as mold and cockroach problems are the more likely cause of the asthma complaints. At the same time, they illustrate the difficulty of pinpointing the precise … View full post…

  • Researchers Shed Light on Asthma’s Mysteries – Wall Street Journal

    Wall Street Journal Researchers Shed Light on Asthma's MysteriesWall Street JournalDoctors increasingly are recognizing that as many as half of asthma sufferers have a form of the lung disease known as nonallergic asthma. Some medications that help control symptoms of the more familiar allergic asthma aren't as effective in … View full post on asthma…

  • Teva’s Reslizumab Delivers Clinically and Statistically Significant Reduction … – Wall Street Journal

    Teva's Reslizumab Delivers Clinically and Statistically Significant Reduction …Wall Street JournalTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE:TEVA) announced today that reslizumab, an investigational anti-IL-5 monoclonal antibody, demonstrated clear levels of efficacy in achieving the primary endpoint of reduction in the frequency of clinical asthma … View full post on asthma – Google News

  • KaloBios Shares Slide on Move to Stop Asthma Treatment Study – Wall Street Journal

    KaloBios Shares Slide on Move to Stop Asthma Treatment StudyWall Street JournalKaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (KBIO) shares slumped after the company said it would discontinue development of a treatment for severe asthma, a move that followed disappointing Phase 2 results. Chief Executive Officer David Pritchard said based on … View full post on asthma – Google…

  • Can Ginger Help With Asthma? – Wall Street Journal

    Can Ginger Help With Asthma?Wall Street JournalThe Ache: Some 26 million Americans suffer from asthma—a chronic inflammation of airways in the lungs that causes coughing, chest tightness, wheezing and shortness of breath, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.and more » View full post on asthma – Google News

  • Study: The Puppy-Infant Asthma Connection – Wall Street Journal

    Study: The Puppy-Infant Asthma ConnectionWall Street JournalStudy: The Puppy-Infant Asthma Connection. A new study makes a connection between how having a pet dog leads to diversity in dust microbes, which can lead to lowering risk for asthma and allergies in children. Dr. Nancy Simpkins discusses on the News … View full post on asthma – Google…

  • How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut Bacteria – Wall Street Journal

    UCSF News Services How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut BacteriaWall Street JournalScientists studying why pets appear to protect kids against asthma and allergies say the answer might lie in the world of bacteria that live in the gut. A new study published Monday found that exposing mice to dust from households where dogs…