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Many mistakenly believe recall involves national brands of peanut butter and are not aware of the range of products involved
A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. Among those who are aware of the recall, about six in ten (61%) say they have Read more…

Avamys (fluticasone furoate), a new intranasal steroid (INS) manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), launches in the UK today. In clinical trials, Avamys has shown significant improvements in both nasal and ocular symptoms in adult and adolescent patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).1 Avamys has also demonstrated improvement in health-related quality of life domains, including eye and sleep related improvements.2
Over a quarter of the Read more…

A new study finds that a botanical drug could provide the key to new treatments for peanut allergies. The findings are published online in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Lead author Xiu-Min Li, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Center for Chinese Herbal Therapy for Allergy and Asthma at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and colleagues found Read more…

CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has successfully completed an early proof-of-concept phase II clinical trial of its Captisol-Enabled® budesonide/azelastine nasal spray for seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). CyDex has an international PCT patent application pending for this combination nasal spray product.
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Three-Way Cross-Over Study was conducted Read more…

The first seven pharmacists from Wales have been accredited by Allergy UK to provide the NPA-Allergy UK Allergy Screening Service in Wales.
Pharmacists who provide the allergy screening service undergo an intensive training course with assessments before Read more…

The Food Allergy Initiative and The Food Allergy Project announced a merger of their organizations, a powerful combination that will increase public awareness of the severity of life-threatening food Read more…

If you’ve ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology () provides an important part of the answer. In the report, scientists from Queen’s University Read more…