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FDA Approves Nucala for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By Stephanie Brown HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...
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GSK Plc won US approval for its drug to treat a deadly lung disease, ramping up competition with rival Sanofi.
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Mepolizumab has had a bumpy road to arriving at its indication in COPD. An FDA advisory committee in 2018 declined to ...
Rethinking COPD diagnosis to improve accuracy and early detection
University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic ...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made combating chronic disease a rallying cry as he looks to ...
Cooking fumes and cosmetics may be raising women's risk of lung disease
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Persistent, New Mucus Plugs Associated With Faster Decline in FEV1 in COPD
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), persistent and newly formed mucus plugs are associated with a ...
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Women and Lung Disease: Sex-Specific Patterns in COPD, Asthma, and OSA
Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the male ...
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FDA Approves GSK’s Nucala for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Approval of Nucala marks the first biologic approved for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with blood eosinophil counts as low as ≥150 cells/μL.