asthma

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the leading causes of death and health loss in people in the US. As per a study by the National Vital Statistics Report, every 37 seconds, one person dies of Cardiovascular diseases in the US.  Cardiovascular diseases also known as heart disease, encompasses a wide range...

Activated immune cells responsible for improving age-related diseases  The main culprits of the inflammatory responses associated with asthma are Interleukins IL-33 and IL-5. There has been researching going on, and the researchers at Albany Medical College discovered that if these two signalling molecules ...

A Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical, Annovis Bio, has raised USD12 million by listing its 2 million shares at USD 6 each. The company has managed to net USD 2 million more by offering 40% more shares.  The company plans to use the funds raised to address the unmet needs in the Alzheimer’s disease market...

The 21st century has been a remarkable century for humankind, as a lot of innovation, research and development has taken place in the field of healthcare, due to which we have been able to increase the overall lifespan of the human beings.  However, the central question is, are we able to increase the healt...

An allergy is a response produced by the body’s immune system to any foreign substance which is not usually harmful. These foreign substances can be anything ranging from food products such as peanuts, egg, lactose, or pollen grains, dust particles, or pet dander.  There are several forms of allergies such ...

FDA approves Fragmin- an anticoagulant for children   The FDA today approved Fragmin for the treatment of blood clots. Pfizer’s candidate Fragmin which was earlier approved for the treatment of only adults suffering from a fatal disease called VTE, which can include deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in the d...

The interleukin-33 antibody of AnaptysBio passes midstage test in asthma The pipeline drug, etokimab of AnaptysBio, has positive data in a third indication that adds asthma to one of its triumphs. The US-based company gets another proof-of-concept study for the interleukin-33 (IL-33) inhibitor, because of phase 2a ...

AstraZeneca's new benralizumab helps severe asthma patients cut back on steroids AstraZeneca's respiratory candidate benralizumab can help some severe asthma patients cut down on—or even stop—the unsavory steroid pills they use daily to stave off attacks, a new study showed. Dubbed Zonda, the phase 3 trial found tha...

AstraZeneca has got good results in the clinical trial for its next-generation asthma medication and could be available to patients by the end of next year. The drug, Benralizumab, is a new biological treatment for people with severe asthma, and works by targeting eosinophils that cause inflammation in the lungs of ...