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New jab hope for asthma sufferers

Source: The Scotsman

Leicester : United Kingdom | 8 months ago

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Mepolizumab, a pioneering drug, helps sufferers with an extreme form of the affliction control it and avoid using steroids, according to studies in the UK and Canada. Professor Ian Pavord, the senior author of the British study, said the results were "incredibly exciting".

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