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Asthma affects nearly 300 million people worldwide.1 Despite a notable decline in age-standardized prevalence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years over the past three decades, the burden of asthma remains high in many countries including low-middle-income countries.2 Climate change is also predicted to significantly impact asthma and other respiratory-related conditions, as rising global temperatures lead to longer pollen […]

Kian Fan Chung, ERS 2018 – Latest advances in the treatment of asthma

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Published Online: Sep 21st 2018

Kian Fan Chung (National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London) shares his expert insight on exciting advances in the treatment of asthma.

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1. What do you consider the most exciting advances in the treatment of asthma in the last year? (0:12)
2. What has been the impact of phenotyping on the treatment of severe asthma? (0:51)
3. How have the new monoclonal antibodies fitted into the treatment paradigm for severe asthma? (1:33)
4. What are the limitations of these monoclonal antibodies? (2:20)
5. What other promising agents are in clinical development? (3:06)

Speaker disclosure: Kian Fan Chung has been renumerated for participation on advisory boards of AstraZeneca, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, 4D Pharma, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and Menlo Therapeutics discussing new therapies for respiratory conditions.

Filmed at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2018, Paris, France, September 2018.

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