LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Mepolizumab (anti-IL-5) reduces exacerbations in patients with refractory eosinophilic asthma

I. Pavord, S. Korn, P. Howarth, E. Bleecker, R. Buhl, O. Keene, H. Ortega, P. Chanez (Leicester, , Stockley Park, United Kingdom; Mainz, Germany; Winston-Salem, Research Triangle Park, United States Of America; Marseille, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Late breaking results: Asthma from phenotyping to emerging new treatments
Session: Late breaking results: Asthma from phenotyping to emerging new treatments
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 349
Disease area: Airway diseases

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