AstraZeneca Respiratory Head: Tezepelumab Could Be 'Game Changer'

AstraZeneca's first in class biologic tezepelumab, which targets TSLP, has revolutionary potential in treating severe asthma, the UK drug maker's respiratory head tells Scrip.

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Tezepelumab Likely To Enter Phase III Testing In Severe Asthma Late In 2017 Or Early 2018 • Source: Shutterstock

AstraZeneca PLC's ambitions to build a portfolio of cutting-edge respiratory therapies have been boosted by impressive data from a Phase IIb study which suggest its experimental biologic treatment tezepelumab could provide a more comprehensive approach to treating severe asthma than currently available.

Tezepelumab is a first-in-class injectable anti- thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) monoclonal antibody being developed by AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune...

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