GSK To Launch Mepolizumab For Severe Asthma By Year-End

First interleukin-5 drug approved for adults with severe asthma that cannot be controlled by other treatments; sales force will only target specialists.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC is building up its respiratory franchise with the Nov. 4 approval of Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma aged 12 years and older who have an eosinophilic phenotype.

The targeted use is in line with the recommendations of FDA’s Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee

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