BY KIMBERLEY YATES IN THE first nine years of her life, my daughter Tessa Grosso experienced three nearly fatal allergic… Read more »
Tag: oral immunotherapy
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 »
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.
Egg Oral Immunotherapy Shows Promise as Treatment
About half of children who did egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) were able to consume some form of egg five years… 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 »
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 »
Allergists Excited for Peanut Therapy That’s in Line for Approval
Hundreds of allergists turned out to see Dr. Stacie Jones present highly anticipated study results at the AAAAI/WAO joint congress… Read more »
Reality Check: The Facts Beyond the Hype over Peanut Allergy and Probiotics
Three experts dispute the claims that a new probiotic therapy is a breakthrough for peanut allergy.
Success with OIT for Tree Nuts in Small, Long-Term Study of Kids
Seven of nine kids were desensitized to walnut and one other nut.