Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2011. A drug that targets the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE), a key player in asthma, nearly eliminated seasonal increases in asthma attacks and decreased asthma symptoms among young people living in inner city environments, a clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has found.
The findings will appear in the March 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
This investigational use of the drug omalizumab, sold under the…
