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Nestlé divests peanut allergy treatment Palforzia to Stallergenes Greer

Pharmaceutical Technology

Nestlé has sold its peanut allergy drug Palforzia to Swiss biopharma Stallergenes Greer harma, concluding a year-long strategic review.

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Xolair amplifies reach after FDA approval for treating food allergies 

Pharmaceutical Technology

Xolair is the first FDA-approved drug to reduce allergic reactions in people with one or more food allergies, as per Roche’s announcement.

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Ligelizumab by Novartis for Food Allergy: Likelihood of Approval

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ligelizumab is under clinical development by Novartis and currently in Phase III for Food Allergy.

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Palforzia’s peanut allergy treatment use in Europe expanded to toddlers

Pharmaceutical Technology

The EC has approved the extension of Stallergenes Greers Palforzia for the treatment of peanut allergy in toddlers.

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Groundbreaking mRNA Therapy Appears To Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies in Mice

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

More treatments – and faster-acting treatments – for peanut allergies are urgently needed, and a new study outlines a promising drug technology based around a tiny nanoparticle just a few billionths of a meter in size. In tests on mice, the nanoparticle reversed peanut allergies and prevented them from developing in the first place.

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Nestle gives up on peanut allergy treatment after sluggish sales

Bio Pharma Dive

The FDA-approved therapy, called Palforzia, was little used, leading Nestle to abandon a business it had secured in a $2.6 billion deal three years ago.

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Pfizer's Covid Vaccine and Allergies: How Concerned Should You Be?

NY Times

British health officials recommended that people with severe allergy reactions not be given the vaccine. Such reactions to vaccines are rare, even in people who have allergies to food or bee stings.

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