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GSK hopes big clinical trial can breathe new life into lung drug
2015-08-13 20:06:52| Biotech - Topix.net
GlaxoSmithKline is banking on a major clinical trial to revive its flagging respiratory medicine business, with billions of dollars of sales riding on a positive result. Data from the so-called SUMMIT study, designed to show GSK's Breo can prolong lives of patients with chronic lung disease, are expected as early as next month, nine years after a similar study with GSK's older drug Advair failed by a whisker.
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals