Tezepelumab Significantly Reduced Asthma Exacerbations For A Broad Population Of Patients With Severe Uncontrolled Asthma

Novel Investigational Drug is Designed to Block Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) - An Upstream Driver of Inflammation in Asthma Results Published Today in New England Journal of Medicine and to be Presented at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress Next Week THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced results from the PATHWAY Phase 2b trial of tezepelumab that showed a significant reduction in the annual asthma exacerbation rate compared with placebo in patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. Tezepelumab is a novel anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) monoclonal antibody being developed by MedImmune...
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