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Article: ADDITION OF BUDESONIDE TO FORMOTEROL HELPS PATIENTS WITH COPD.
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- June 29, 2006
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BIRMINGHAM, June 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - For non-US journalists only
For severe COPD patients treated with budesonide added to either formoterol (Symbicort, AstraZeneca) and/or a short acting bronchodilator, there is a reduced risk of mortality compared to patients treated with only formoterol and/or terbutaline
Important new data from the analysis of combined data from the two pivotal Symbicort(R) studies, announced today at the 5th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD5), reveals that budesonide added to formoterol (Symbicort(R)) and/or ...