GlaxoSmithKline drug halves attacks in hard-to-treat asthma

Based on study results thus far, the United Kingdom’s biggest pharma hopes to stake an even bigger claim than it already possesses in respiratory medicine, and it plans to move its experimental new asthma drug into final Phase III development before the end of this year
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Written byJeffrey Bouley
LONDON—In its recent Phase IIb DREAM study, GlaxoSmithKline'ssevere asthma drug mepolizumab—an injectable antibody treatment—reportedly reducedasthma attacks suffered by patients with a hard-to-treat form of the disease bynearly half. This has prompted GSK to profess to media sources and investorsthat is plans to move the new drug into final Phase III development before theend of 2012.
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