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Article: FDA Approves the First Ever Once-A-Day Dosing for an Inhaled Corticosteroid.
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- October 15, 1998
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Simple, Once-A-Day Treatment Option for Adults and Children
With Mild to Moderate Asthma Controlled by an Inhaled Corticosteroid
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Astra Pharmaceuticals, L.P., announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a simple, once-a-day asthma treatment option for adults and children as young as six with mild to moderate asthma well-controlled by an inhaled corticosteroid. The FDA approval for once daily use is the first ever for this class of medication. The inhaled corticosteroid is Pulmicort Turbuhaler(R) 200 mcg (budesonide inhalation powder). This approval comes only eight months after the ...