An expert advisory panel has recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve Aimmune Therapeutics’ oral immunotherapy (OIT) treatment for… Read more »
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FARE’s Chief Medical Advisor on Why Standardizing OIT is Needed Now
A Q&A with FARE about the consensus the non-profit hopes to achieve at a fall summit on OIT.
Study Favoring Avoidance Over Food Allergy OIT Ignites Controversy
A systematic review of peanut oral immunotherapy that compared 12 controlled studies has brought a longstanding “pro or con” debate… Read more »
FDA Launches Its Review of AR101 Peanut OIT Drug
The FDA is now officially reviewing the biologics license application (BLA) for AR101, the peanut oral immunotherapy drug that underwent… Read more »
Boiled Peanut Safe and Effective to Use During OIT, Study Finds
Using boiled peanut protein in oral immunotherapy treatment (OIT) is safe and effective, with fewer gastrointestinal symptoms compared to using… Read more »
Long-Term Peanut OIT Has Lasting Benefits, Study Reveals
In a long-term follow-up with 55 peanut-allergic children who had undergone oral or sublingual immunotherapy, 89 percent of patients followed… Read more »
Small Study Finds Milk OIT Allergic Reactions Common, Calls for Vigilance
A study of children undergoing milk allergy oral immunotherapy at a Montreal Hospital finds allergic reaction side effects are common,… Read more »
NEJM Publishes Positive Study Data on OIT Biologic for Peanut Allergy
The positive results of a pivotal Phase 3 study of a peanut biologic oral immunotherapy known as AR101 were published… Read more »
Patch Progress, Peanut OIT in Adults Data Presented at EAACI Meeting
We’re learning more about the two therapies to treat peanut allergies that could soon be available in allergist’s offices in… Read more »
Parents Eager for Food Allergic Kids to Take Part in OIT, Despite Exposure Fears
For food allergy mom Stephanie Sorkin, the decision to involve her daughter Mallory, who has multiple food allergies, in oral… Read more »