Living well with severe asthma
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Omalizumab in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma: well-defined eligibility criteria to promote asthma control
After more than a decade of omalizumab being widely used in the treatment of asthma, the Brazilian National Commission for the Incorporation of Technologies stated its opposition to the incorporation of omalizumab use within the scope of the Unified Health Care System of Brazil.(1) That ruling runs contrary to expert opinion that the drug should be made available to a specific group of patients...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Breathe
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1810-6838,2073-4735
DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0165-2019