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Will a Child with Peanut Allergy React to Peas and Beans?
My son has a severe peanut allergy. After that diagnosis, and largely due to fears of a cross-reaction, I have… Read more »
Viaskin Peanut Patch Submitted to FDA for Approval Consideration
The manufacturer of the Viaskin Peanut patch has resubmitted its biologics license application (or BLA) to the FDA – in… Read more »
Concerns Raised as ICER Report Praises Peanut Avoidance vs. Therapy
In its final report analyzing the costs and benefits of two novel peanut allergy desensitization products, the Institute for Clinical… Read more »
Peanut Allergy Therapies: ICER’s Review Draws Criticism
What do you get when you undertake a cost-benefit analysis of new therapies when prices have yet to be established… Read more »
Longer Trial Increased Level of Tolerance to AR101 Peanut Therapy
By extending the peanut biologic oral immunotherapy known as AR101 by 28 weeks, a new study finds that a majority… Read more »
After Teens Kicked Off Flight for Allergy, Korean Air Stops Serving Peanut Snacks
Updated April 3, 2019: Korean Air Lines has announced that it will stop serving peanuts as in-flight snacks. The move… 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 »
Peptide Vaccine for Peanut Allergy Well-Tolerated in First Test
An Australian research team is hopeful that a novel injection therapy will work in peanut allergy. Speaking of her Phase… 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 »