News & Updates

Among fixed-dose combinations of inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting beta-2-adrenergic agonists (ICS/LABA), the newer combinations of fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (FF/VI) and fluticasone propionate/formoterol (FP/FORM) are associated with increased treatment persistence and lead to fewer exacerbations among patients with asthma, as shown in a study.

In the phase II/III EPIC-HR* trial, the novel oral antiviral nirmatrelvir-ritonavir reduced the risk of progression of COVID-19 to severe disease, as well as viral load, in symptomatic, high-risk, unvaccinated nonhospitalized adults confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Use of either empiric broad- or narrow-spectrum antibiotics in older patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) shows no remarkable difference in the primary outcome, reports a recent study.

Nearly one in four nonidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (non-IPF) patients with a fibrosing form of interstitial lung disease (FILD) develop a progressive phenotype relative to almost 60 percent of IPF patients, reveals a study. Survival of non-IPF FILD patients with such phenotype is similar to IPF.

An annual influenza vaccination does not lower the risk of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF), though it may reduce the risk of pneumonia and hospitalization, according to results of the IVVE study presented at ACC.22.