Alvesco approved for asthma
Prodrug ciclesonide, activated by intracellular esterases following oral inhalation, has been approved by the FDA as an inhalation aerosol for use as a prophylactic therapy in adults and adolescents aged 12 years and older with asthma. The drug is called a new generation of corticosteroid by manufacturer
Targeted Drug Combination Reveals New Activity in Brain Tumors
December 28th 2021A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, “clinically meaningful” activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumors that carried a rare genetic mutation, according to a clinical trial report by investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.