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AAAAI: Omalizumab Superior to Placebo for Those With Multiple Food Allergies
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 – Omalizumab treatment for 16 weeks is superior to placebo for increasing the reaction threshold for peanut and other food allergens among persons with multiple food allergies,...
Asthma Drug Xolair Guards Against Severe Reactions in People With Food Allergies
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 – The asthma medication Xolair has proved its prowess against food allergies, with new research showing the medication substantially lowers the chances of severe reactions in...
FDA Approves Xolair as First and Only Medicine for Children and Adults With One or More Food Allergies
South San Francisco, CA – February 16, 2024 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
FDA Expands Use of Asthma Med Xolair to Treat Food Allergies
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 – People threatened by accidental exposure to foods they're allergic to may have a new weapon of defense: On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of...
Expanded Use of Xolair to Treat Food Allergies Approved by the FDA
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of the asthma drug Xolair (omalizumab) to help prevent anaphylactic reactions. Xolair is an injected drug and is...
Injected Xolair Therapy Could Prevent Food Allergies in Kids
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – A new treatment appears to reduce food allergies in children and teens, according to interim clinical trial results. A lab-made monoclonal antibody called omalizumab...
Injected Xolair Therapy Could Prevent Food Allergies in Kids
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – A new treatment appears to reduce food allergies in children and teens, according to interim clinical trial results. A lab-made monoclonal antibody called omalizumab...
Many Primary Care Docs Unaware of Biologic Asthma Meds
TUESDAY, Nov. 21, 2023 – Biologic drugs to treat asthma have been around for two decades, but a surprising number of family doctors still aren’t prescribing them to kids and adults. A new survey f...
FDA Approves Xolair (omalizumab) Prefilled Syringe for Self-Injection Across All Indications
South San Francisco, CA – April 12, 2021 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the...
Genentech Announces FDA Approval of Xolair (omalizumab) for Adults with Nasal Polyps
South San Francisco, CA – December 1, 2020 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the...
FDA Approves Genentech’s Xolair (omalizumab) for Allergic Asthma in Children
South San Francisco, CA – July 7, 2016 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xolair...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Xolair (omalizumab): Drug Safety Communication - Slightly Elevated Risk of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Serious Adverse Events
ISSUE: An FDA review of safety studies suggests a slightly increased risk of problems involving the heart and blood vessels supplying the brain among patients being treated with the asthma drug...
FDA Approves Xolair (omalizumab) for Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
South San Francisco, Calif. – March 21, 2014 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xolair (omalizumab) for the...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Xolair (omalizumab)
Indications and Usage: for treatment of adults and adolescents (12 years of age and above) with moderate to severe persistent asthma who have a positive skin test or in vitro reactivity to a...
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