Glaxo, Theravance Get Positive Results From LAMA/LABA (UMEC/VI) in COPD

LONDON--GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.LN) and Theravance, Inc. (THRX) Monday announced positive results from four pivotal phase III studies for once-daily LAMA/LABA (UMEC/VI) in COPD

MAIN FACTS:

-The results of four pivotal phase III studies of investigational LAMA/LABA involving over 4,000 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

-These four studies include two 24-week efficacy studies that compared the combination LAMA/LABA, its components and placebo and two 24-week active comparator studies that compared the combination with the LAMA tiotropium, a widely prescribed maintenance bronchodilator for COPD.

-LAMA/LABA is a combination of two investigational bronchodilator molecules - GSK573719 or umeclidinium bromide (UMEC), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist and vilanterol, a long-acting beta2 agonist, administered by a new dry powder inhaler.

-UMEC/VI is a once-daily investigational medicine currently under development for the maintenance treatment of COPD.

-Write to Razak Musah Baba at razak.baba@dowjones.com