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GSK Gsk Plc

1,581.50
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Last Updated: 10:40:14
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Gsk Plc LSE:GSK London Ordinary Share GB00BN7SWP63 ORD 31 1/4P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -2.00 -0.13% 1,581.50 1,581.00 1,581.50 1,583.50 1,575.00 1,579.50 580,729 10:40:14
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Pharmaceutical Preparations 30.33B 4.93B 1.1970 13.17 64.91B

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline's Nucala as Add-on to Treat Severe Asthma

05/11/2015 12:22am

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By Maria Armental 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Nucala therapy has been approved to treat patients with severe asthma attacks in combination with other drugs, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Mepolizumab, commercialized as Nucala, is an injection administered once every four weeks that is approved as an add-on maintenance treatment for patients aged 12 and older.

In controlled trials, patients who received Nucala had fewer asthma attacks that required hospitalization or emergency-room visits and reported longer breaks between asthma attacks.

The most common reported side effects included redness, swelling and itching in the injection area, back pain and fatigue. Herpes zoster infections, the virus that causes shingles, were also reported in the clinical trials. The company said patients should consider a varicella vaccination, if medically appropriate, before starting therapy with Nucala.

Shares, down 0.33% this year, edged up 0.54% to $42.83 in late trading.

Write to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com

 

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

November 04, 2015 19:07 ET (00:07 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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