Hot on the heels of approval in Europe, the biologic Tezspire (tezepelumab) has won a regulatory nod from the British Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The decision enables developer AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) to market the product for use as an add-on maintenance therapy for people over the age of 12 with severe uncontrolled asthma.
To be eligible for treatment with the first and only biologic authorized in this indication, patients must have asthma which has been inadequately controlled with high dose inhaled corticosteroids.
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