A new study has found that an injected medication could help aid asthma attacks and flare-ups of chronic obstructive ...

Poor treatment of asthma and COPD puts a huge burden on the NHS. For example, £1 billion is spent on asthma treatment in the UK each year and represents 60,000 to 65,000 hospital admissions. In ...

Tiotropium and aclidinium are currently available for prescription. Tiotropium is a once-daily inhaled ultra-LAMA for COPD that works through prolonged blockade of the M 3 muscarinic receptor.

Flare-ups in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the UK’s fourth leading cause of death, can be reduced by 20% by a combined triple inhaler, according to the results of a trial of more than 2,000 ...

Available treatments for COPD are mainly palliative ... destruction of the airways associated with the disease 7. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), short- and long-acting β 2-agonists (SABA and ...

AstraZeneca may mount a challenge to GlaxoSmithKline’s three-in-one inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after a late-stage trial success. AZ’s single inhaler, PT010 ...

Purpose. Special considerations in the selection of medication inhaler devices for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the ambulatory care setting are reviewed.

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

or COPD, most commonly use inhalers. They can use daily inhalers to prevent or manage their symptoms and fast-acting inhalers ...

COPD comprises several conditions, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and can be caused by irritants like smoke or ...

Companies like AstraZeneca and GSK, which have high-revenue-generating inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) in their portfolios, have each committed to becoming ...

A breast cancer drug - which keeps the disease stable for up to four times longer than the previous treatment - will be ...