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Evening Standard
Health
Ryan McDougall

Asthma drug showed positive results in trials for people with nasal polyps

Professor Brian Lipworth with a patient (Sheanne Mulholland/PA) -

An asthma drug has shown positive results when used to treat nasal polyps, researchers have said.

Tezepelumab was first approved for treating asthma in 2021, but new research led by a University of Dundee professor has found it also reduces the size of nasal polyps and nasal blockages.

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