More than 60 percent of children with multiple food allergies who began eating their allergens after treatment with omalizumab were… Read more »
Author: Jenifer Goodwin
Anaphylaxis Severity Shown to Vary from One Reaction to the Next
The severity of a first anaphylactic reaction doesn’t reliably predict how severe the next one will be. The next reaction… Read more »
Big Hope a Pill for Chronic Hives Can Also Treat Peanut Allergy
A pill recently approved to treat chronic hives may also help protect against peanut allergy, early research suggests. The Food… Read more »
GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cut in Asthma Flares for Overweight Adults
GLP-1 drugs may reduce asthma flares in overweight and obese adults without diabetes, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed three… Read more »
FDA Weighs Moving Food Allergen Warnings to Thresholds System
The Food and Drug Administration is weighing a major shift in how nutrition labels on packaged foods communicate food allergy… Read more »
CEO Sees Clear Path Ahead After FDA Rejects Anaphylm Epi Film
Finding out that the Food and Drug Administration had declined to approve Anaphylm was a blow for Aquestive Therapeutics. “Emotionally… Read more »
FDA Declines Epinephrine Film’s Approval, Calls for Usability Study
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to approve Anaphylm, the dissolving epinephrine film for treating severe allergic reactions.… Read more »
Preventing Allergic Reactions by Disarming Anaphylaxis-Triggering Cells
A San Francisco-based biotech company is developing an anti-IgE therapy that prevents allergic reactions by directly disarming the immune system… Read more »
Low-Dose Peanut OIT Worked Well in Study, With Fewer Reactions
Low-dose oral immunotherapy (OIT) increased tolerance to peanut in allergic children about as well as higher-dose OIT, new research finds.… Read more »
Biotech Begins Trial of Novel 3-in-1 Antibody for Peanut Allergy
A Swiss biotech company has launched the first clinical trial of a combination antibody that blocks allergic reactions to peanut.… Read more »