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Panel Backs FDA Approval for Aimmune’s Peanut OIT Drug
An expert advisory panel has recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve Aimmune Therapeutics’ oral immunotherapy (OIT) treatment for… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Xolair Gains “Breakthrough” Status to Be Developed as Food Allergy Treatment
The FDA has given its “breakthrough therapy designation” to omalizumab, known by the brand Xolair, to be developed as a… Read more »