AstraZeneca's inhaler for lung disease shows improved function in late stage trial

Reuters

Published Jan 26, 2018 08:23

AstraZeneca's inhaler for lung disease shows improved function in late stage trial

(Reuters) - AstraZeneca (L:AZN) said its inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) showed improved lung function in a late stage trial that could challenge GlaxoSmithKline's (L:GSK) new three-in-one inhaler.

The single inhaler, PT010, showed "statistically significant" improvement in eight of nine lung function main goals in patients with moderate to very severe COPD, the company said on Friday.

AstraZeneca said there were no unexpected safety or tolerability signals for PT010 identified in the trial.