According to AstraZeneca, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved Symbicort Turbuhaler budesonide / formoterol as a reliever inhaler for the treatment of symptoms of mild asthma in patients age 12 and older. Symbicort Turbuhaler was already approved in China for the treatment of moderate-to-severe asthma as a maintenance therapy and as a reliever plus maintenance therapy.
AstraZeneca Executive VP, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, Mene Pangalos said, “Everyone with asthma is at risk of an attack, regardless of their age, disease severity, adherence to treatment or level of control. This approval means people with mild asthma in China can now take Symbicort Turbuhaler as an anti-inflammatory reliever to treat their symptoms and also to reduce the likelihood of an attack by treating the underlying inflammation in their airways. This approval builds on Symbicort’s established role in treating moderate to severe disease.”
Read the AstraZeneca press release.
