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Respiratory: Useful Links 20-21

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The Health Products Regulatory Authority. Inhaler Technique Videos. Skip to main content Adviceline 1800 44 54 64 Inhaler Technique Videos Our inhaler technique videos are suitable for both patients and health care professionals.

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You will find demonstrations for the majority of inhalers available on the market. British Thoracic Society. Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome - Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - GOLD. GOLD documents are protected by copyright.

Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome - Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - GOLD

A single copy of this document may be downloaded for your own educational use, but copies may not be made for distribution or posted on a website without authorization from GOLD. A significant proportion of adult patients over age 40 who present with symptoms of a chronic airways disease have features of both asthma and COPD. Several diagnostic terms, most including the word ‘overlap’, have been applied to such patients, and the topic has been extensively reviewed. Cystic Fibrosis. Anx 130815 en. About the Drug Development Pipeline. No effective treatments for cystic fibrosis existed 50 years ago and little was known about the disease. Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation maintains a robust pipeline of therapies that target CF from every angle, including the root cause of the disease.

Nearly every CF drug available today was made possible because of the CF Foundation's support and its ongoing work with researchers. The Foundation has raised and invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help discover and develop breakthrough CF therapies that have improved the quality of life and life expectancy for people with the disease. To advance drug development and the search for a cure, the CF Foundation has contractual agreements with several companies to receive royalties related to drugs that are developed as a result of Foundation funding. Orkambi epar product information en.

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