Allergy/Asthma News

SAN DIEGO — Aquestive Therapeutics’ Anaphylm AQST-109 epinephrine sublingual film demonstrated durability despite testing in extreme temperatures and other environmental conditions, according to a pair of posters presented here.

Healio spoke with an expert about their study of U.S. and Canadian patients who had anaphylaxis to insect stings between 2010 and 2023, which revealed that those taking lipid-lowering medications experienced more severe reactions.

Patients with food allergies face many risks when they dine and travel away from home, but doctors need data to help prioritize and address these dangers.

Researchers found a potential association between persistent weekly use of disinfectant cleaning products and nonsignificant increased risk for current asthma in young adults but note that these findings are uncertain.

Researchers observed that only 8.3% of 24 children or adolescents with peanut allergy passed a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge with at least 444 mg of peanut protein after receiving dupilumab for 24 weeks.

Regardless of sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, children with food allergy face a significant psychosocial burden, according to a survey of caregivers published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Montelukast does not appear to increase the risk for neuropsychiatric adverse events in children and adolescents, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Blood tests for cyclic adenosine monophosphate may be a simple and useful option for diagnosing asthma and determining its severity, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

The allergy and immunology community mourns the loss of Marcus Maurer, MD, executive director of the Institute of Allergology at Charité University Medicine in Berlin, who is remembered for his excellent teaching and scientific achievements.