More patients get LABA

November 29, 2011

A NEW treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), will be available on the PBS from 01 December 2011, Onbrez Breezhaler (indacaterol). The new listing will expand the range of therapy options for Aussie patients, with the once-daily longacting â2-agonist (LABA) being the first approved LABA to combine clinically relevant 24-hour bronchodilation with rapid onset of action within five minutes of administration of the first dose. Onbrez is administered using the Breezhaler device, which provides patients with dosing feedback.

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Pharmacy Daily | More patients get LABA

More patients get LABA

Other recent headlines

Students miss out on prac payments

AFT offering to treat scars

Brooke Shelly wins big

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