Relvar/Breo “Real World” Asthma Benefits Help GSK – But Can't Remove Generic Threat

Top-line data from a second patient group, asthmatics, in the Salford Lung Study indicate that switching from usual therapy to GSK’s’s Relvar Ellipta improves symptoms, but the results may not be enough to encourage switching before generic Seretide/Advair takes hold.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC and its development partner Innoviva Inc. have released top-line results from a second group of patients – those with asthma – to take part in the “real-world” Salford Lung Study. The results show that once-daily inhaled Relvar Ellipta (fluticasone furoate plus vilanterol; known as Breo Ellipta in the US) was associated with significantly more patients achieving an improvement in their asthma control than those treated with “usual care.”

The study design is claimed to be revolutionary, but those wanting more extensive data from the asthma study will have...

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