Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Approves Inhaler Monitoring Device for Symbicort

The SmartTouch for Symbicort is a monitoring device that is installed onto the patient's inhaler to track and improve medication adherence. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Adherium ...
Fierce Healthcare

SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Long-Term Study Shows Similar Safety Profile When Compared to

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced the publication of data demonstrating that SYMBICORT Inhalation Aerosol 320/9 µg twice daily had a safety profile similar to ...
MobiHealthNews

Adherium receives OTC clearance for AstraZeneca's Symbicort inhaler

Smart inhaler company Adherium announced last week that it has received 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter sales of its inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, called ...
FiercePharma

SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Study in African American Patients With Asthma Shows Improved Lung Functio

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091027/PH99766LOGO) SYMBICORT is a combination asthma medication that contains both an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS ...
Business Wire

Propeller Health Receives FDA Clearance to Connect Patients Using the Symbicort® Inhaler to its Digital Health Platform

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Propeller Health, a leading digital health company dedicated to the management of asthma and COPD, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food ...
FiercePharma

Long-Term Study Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy of SYMBICORT® in African American Patients with Asthma

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) today announced results from a long-term study comparing SYMBICORT ® (budesonide/ formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Inhalation Aerosol 160/4.5 mcg with ...
Nasdaq

FDA Approves First Generic Of Symbicort To Treat Asthma, COPD

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s generic of Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate) inhalation aerosol. It is the first FDA- ...
Penn Live

FDA gives approval for first generic of Symbicort inhaler for treatment of asthma, COPD

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it has given approval for the first generic of the Symbicort inhaler to treat asthma and COPD. Symbicort is a combination of budesonide and ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Budesonide/Formoterol for the Prevention of Serious Asthma Exacerbations

Asthma-inhaler-resize_G_514410525 The SYGMA trials assessed the use of an as-needed combined corticosteroid/beta-agonist inhaler in patients with mild asthma. Level 2 ...

Dry Powder Inhalers: A Double Win for COPD and Environment

Results showed that a dry powder inhaler loaded with umeclidinium and vilanterol produced a 14% lower risk of moderate or severe COPD flare-ups, compared to a metered-dose inhaler loaded with ...
EurekAlert!

AstraZeneca submits an sNDA for Symbicort for treatment of asthma in children as young as 6

Wilmington, DE – June 4, 2008 – AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that it submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug ...