Moderate to Severe Asthma: News

• Asthma Care: Must-Know Insights for Primary Practice New guidelines offer actionable recommendations for diagnosing and managing asthma, making it easier for primary care providers to deliver effective treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2025
• ATS 2025 Tezepelumab Curbs Oral Corticosteroid Use in Severe Asthma Data from the WAYFINDER study showed clinically meaningful reductions and discontinuations of oral corticosteroids.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2025
• Can Chronic Asthma Be Reversed? Experts Reopen the Debate New findings suggest asthma may be reversible in some cases, offering hope for long-term remission and a shift in treatment strategies.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2025
• AstraZeneca's 'smoker's Lung' Therapy Meets Main Goals Of Late-stage Asthma Trials AstraZeneca said on Friday its triple-combination inhaler Breztri Aerosphere met all main goals in two late-stage trials for uncontrolled asthma, showing clinically...
  Reuters Health Information, May 02, 2025
• Treat or Refer? Pulmonologists Share Best Practices Pulmonologists share best practices on when primary care providers should consider sending patients with respiratory illnesses to a specialist.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• European Regulators to Review GSK's Asthma Drug Nucala to Treat COPD The European Medicines Agency will review GSK's request to approve its asthma drug Nucala as an additional treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with an...
  Reuters Health Information, March 24, 2025
• Alert FDA Approves First Biosimilar to Omalizumab Omlyclo treats allergic asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, chronic unexplained hives, and food allergies.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2025
• AAAAI 2025 Race-Based Spirometry Stymies Asthma Diagnosis in Kids Harms of race-specific lung function calculations extend to asthma and treatment, particularly in Black children.
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2025
• AAAAI 2025 Stock Inhalers Save ER Trips, Keep Students in School By providing quick relief to individuals experiencing asthma symptoms at schools, stock inhalers prevent emergency room visits and reduce healthcare costs.
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2025
• Asthma & COPD Patients At Cancer Risk From Microplastics Epithelial structure appeared to promote greater impact from inhaled microplastic fibers in simulation study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 18, 2025
• Environment Drives Respiratory Health Disparities Research highlights how poor housing, pollution, and green spaces affect respiratory health, with rural and urban communities facing unique environmental challenges.
  Medscape Medical News, January 28, 2025
• Early-Onset Asthma May Slow Memory Development Children with early asthma also scored lower on measures of processing speed, inhibition, and attention.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2025
• Fasenra Approved in Europe for Rare Blood Vessel Disorder The drug was originally approved for adults with severe eosinophilic asthma.
  Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2024
• ERS 2024 Asthma Remission and EGPA With Biologics Physicians should track clinical remission in patients with asthma on biologics and monitor for EGPA symptoms, as corticosteroid tapering may unmask underlying disease, studies reported.
  Medscape Medical News, September 10, 2024
• GSK's Asthma Drug Nucala Meets Main Goal in Study on Treating Smoker's Lungs British drugmaker GSK said on Friday that its asthma drug, Nucala, met the main goal of a late-stage study in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
  Reuters Health Information, September 06, 2024
• Children With Medicaid Receive Less Specialty Asthma Care A large database analysis identified additional disparities based on insurance type.
  Medscape Medical News, June 26, 2024
• Asthma Treatment During Pregnancy: Stay the Course! At a recent conference, experts discussed the importance of well-controlled asthma for the mother, the fetus, and the pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, June 20, 2024
• Can Chemical Agents and Pollens Induce Food Allergies? Few studies have been conducted on the potential links between various irritants and food allergies.
  Medscape Medical News, June 13, 2024
• The Primary Care Show 2024 Asthma: Reduce Reliance on the Blue Inhaler Keep salbutamol for emergency asthma relief, and ensure people get treatment that will keep the underlying inflammation under control, an expert said at the Primary Care Show.
  Medscape News UK, May 30, 2024
• ATS 2024 Biologics Improve Outcomes in Patients With COPD, Asthma A diverse and refractory patient population showed significant improvements within a year of starting biologic therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 28, 2024