GSK completes study for COPD treatment
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline announced on Friday afternoon that it has completed, along with partner Theravance, the phase III programme of a 52-week safety study for its UMEC/VI medicine for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline announced on Friday afternoon that it has completed, along with partner Theravance, the phase III programme of a 52-week safety study for its UMEC/VI medicine for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The 6,000-patient study, along with other recently completed studies, "supports GSK's plans to commence global regulatory submissions for UMEC/VI from the end of 2012," the firm said.
UMEC/VI is one of several late-stage assets in Glaxo's respiratory development portfolio which have not yet been approved anywhere in the world.
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