Allergies

Cow’s Milk Intake While Breastfeeding May Reduce Child Food Allergies

Publish Date January 15, 2021

Children whose mothers drink more cow’s milk during breastfeeding are at a lower risk for developing food allergies.

ACAAI: Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine Unlikely for Those With Common Allergies

Publish Date December 29, 2020

Allergic reactions to vaccines are generally rare and people with common allergies are not more likely to have a reaction to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to guidance released by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Berotralstat Now Available for Hereditary Angioedema

By

Diana Ernst, RPh

Publish Date December 28, 2020

The oral, once-daily treatment will be shipped to patients with a prescription by specialty pharmacy Optime Care, Inc.

Maintenance Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Effective for Preschool-Aged Children

Publish Date December 22, 2020

Maintenance oral immunotherapy is effective at 1 year for reducing peanut allergies in preschoolers.

Novel Budesonide Oral Suspension Gets Priority Review for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

By

Brian Park, PharmD

Publish Date December 21, 2020

The FDA has accepted for review the NDA and granted Priority Review to TAK-721 (budesonide oral suspension) for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis.

Omalizumab Approved for Adults With Nasal Polyps

By

Brian Park, PharmD

Publish Date December 4, 2020

The approval was supported by data from the phase 3 POLYP 1 (N=138) and POLYP 2 (N=127) trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of Xolair in adults with nasal polyps who had an inadequate response to nasal corticosteroids.

Concerns of Parents/Caregivers of Children With Food Allergy During COVID-19

By

Britt Gambino

Publish Date November 19, 2020

The effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on patients with food allergy and their parents and caregivers is substantial.

Exhalation Delivery System vs Intranasal Spray for Nasal Polyp Treatment

By

Bryant Moeller

Publish Date November 17, 2020

An exhalation delivery system appears to more effectively apply topical steroids to nasal polyps located in the ostiomeatal complex.

Crisaborole Safe, Efficacious in Atopic Dermatitis, With or Without Allergic Rhinitis

By

Heidi Moore

Publish Date November 17, 2020

The safety and efficacy of crisaborole ointment, 2%, was examined in pediatric patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis with and without comorbid allergic rhinitis.

Flare Size in Skin Prick Test May Predict Oral Food Challenge Outcomes

By

Bryant Moeller

Publish Date November 15, 2020

Larger skin flare results in pediatric patients correlated to failing certain oral food challenges, but were not predictive of requiring epinephrine.

Berotralstat Improves Quality of Life in Hereditary Angioedema

By

Bryant Moeller

Publish Date November 15, 2020

Patients with hereditary angioedema taking berotralstat prophylactically had improved quality of life.