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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The future of anaphylaxis guidelines and treatments are evolving, Jay A. Lieberman, MD, FACAAI, told Healio at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — ARS Pharma, which is developing the neffy nasal spray as an alternative to epinephrine injections for anaphylaxis, presented four studies at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adolescents with food allergies benefitted from education about allergy self-management, according to a poster presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Despite training, school personnel may not know how to administer epinephrine to children with anaphylaxis, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — “There are a lot of interesting trends,” John J. Oppenheimer, MD, FACAAI, clinical professor at UMDNJ Rutgers, told Healio at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting.

The safety of cephalosporins for patients with confirmed penicillin allergies has not been well studied, but they appeared to be safe in a small study.

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Patients who use cannabis and experience acute asthma attacks had greater risks for mortality and mechanical ventilation, researchers reported.

The neffy epinephrine nasal spray from ARS Pharma produced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic responses that were comparable with injected delivery, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Responses to epinephrine nasal spray were comparable to those from injected epinephrine, researchers said.