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The FDA has approved AstraZeneca's biologic drug benralizumab (Fasenra) for the add-on maintenance treatment of patients age 12 years and over with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype, the drugmaker announced late Tuesday.
Approval was based on pivotal trials showing up to a 51% reduction in the annual asthma exacerbation rate versus placebo in patients with uncontrolled, severe asthma and high levels of eosinophilia. The drug also showed an overall adverse event profile similar to that of placebo in the trials, and users had median 75% reductions in daily oral corticosteroid use.