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
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 02, 2012 02:35 ET (06:35 GMT)
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