Sandoz' AirFluSal Forspiro inhaler better than Advair/Seretide Diskus, data suggest

31 August 2016

New data shows that the rate of treatment persistence for patients using the AirFluSal Forspiro respiratory inhaler, developed by Swiss pharma giant Novartis’ (NOVN: VX) generics and biosimilar division Sandoz, is more than twice as high as for the reference product.

That reference product is Advair/Seretide Diskus (salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination) from UK pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK).

The analysis, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, is the largest European real-world evidence (RWE) study ever conducted in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It highlights the importance of improving treatment persistence over time for long-term respiratory diseases.

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