Advair

(ăd′vâr′)

A trademark for drug combination of fluticasone propionate and salmeterol.

Advair™

A proprietary inhalation product for treating asthma which combines salmeterol xinafoate—Serevent®, a long-acting bronchodilator—with fluticasone propionate—Flovent®, an inhaled corticosteroid anti-inflammatory—in a single breath-activated Diskus inhaler device.

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Chief executive Emma Walmsley, who took the top job last year, said forward guidance was dependent on the impact of a possible generic competition to Glaxo's Advair asthma treatment in the US.

Pharma giant reports rise in performance

CEO Emma Walmsley said: ""Looking ahead, in 2018 we could see a potential generic version of Advair in the US and our 2018 guidance reflects this.

GlaxoSmithKline says 2018 adjusted EPS growth uncertain due to Advair

The products that will no longer carry this boxed warning in their labels include AstraZeneca's budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate (Symbicort) and GlaxoSmithKline's fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (Breo Ellipta) and fluticasone propionate/salmeterol (Advair Diskus and Advair HFA).

FDA axes LABA-steroid combo asthma drugs' boxed warning

Even more sales would come from generic availability of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Advair Diskus (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder), and Teva Pharmaceutical's Industries Ltd.

Expiring patents point to better days ahead

Sandoz today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Abbreviated New Drug Application for fluticasone propionate / salmeterol combination product, a substitutable generic version of Advair Diskus.

Switzerland : FDA accepts Sandoz regulatory submission for a generic version of Advair Diskus

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected United Kingdom-based Vectura and its partner Hikma Pharmaceuticals' VR315, a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's asthma/COPD inhaler, Advair Diskus, it was reported on Friday.

The US FDA rejects Vectura and Hikma Pharmaceuticals' VR315

Advair (fluticasone propionate/salmeterol; GSK): Advair and Symbicort have similar NPS scores.

New Study: NPS+ Asthma/COPD (US)

Some big-selling products, like the respiratory medicine Advair and the diabetes drug Victoza, have suffered precipitous declines in market share because Express Scripts, the biggest pharmacy benefits manager, recently stopped paying for them for many patients.

Health plans tell drug makers: Cut costs or lose out; Bargain or be banned, insurers say

9 billion, with Advair sales of [pounds sterling]1.

GlaxoSmithKline

On Advair, GSK's blockbuster respiratory product, concerns over a generic version have dwindled given the FDA's increased scrutiny on finding the minimum effective dose of new products.

COMPANY FOCUS: GLAXOSMITHKLINE

The inhaled corticosteroids evaluated were fluticasone, sold in combination with salmeterol as Advair, and budesonide, sold in combination with formoterol as Symbicort.

Long-term inhaled corticosteroid use ups fracture risk in lung disease patients

One trial will evaluate Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol), a second trial will address Advair Diskus (fluticasone and salmeterol), and a third will evaluate Dulera (mometasone and formoterol).