FDA approves AstraZeneca drug for severe asthma

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new asthma medicine developed by AstraZeneca. The drug, called Fasenra, was approved for the add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 12 years and older with an eosinophilic phenotype. Eosinophils are a type of disease-fighting white blood cell. A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits. Asthma affects an estimated 315 million individuals worldwide, and up to 10 percents of asthma patients…
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