US FDA approves AstraZeneca-Amgen drug for severe asthma

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The US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca and Amgen\u0027s drug, Tezspire, to treat severe asthma for those aged 12 years and older, the companies said on Friday (Dec 17). The approval is based on late-stage trial data that showed the drug cut the rate of asthma attacks by 56 per cent

The US Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca and Amgen's drug, Tezspire, to treat severe asthma for those aged 12 years and older, the companies said on Friday .

Amgen, which leads the manufacturing of the drug developed by AstraZeneca, told Reuters it was working to make Tezspire available to patients in January. The drug in the trial had shown promise for wider use against different triggers and is the first and only biologic for severe asthma that does not have an eosinophilic or biomarker limitation within its approved label.

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