Imagine a future in which treatment goals we once thought unattainable could be reached. GSK, along with global specialists and patient organisations, is aiming to achieve just that by applying years of expertise in respiratory disease, and a deep understanding of the immune system, to develop solutions that can help some people with severe asthma achieve clinical remission.
Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide and varies in terms of severity. At least 10% of people with asthma have severe asthma, and of those, 80% have elevated levels of a type of white blood cell called eosinophils, which cause lung inflammation and severe eosinophilic asthma.
People with severe asthma can face many years before they receive a specific diagnosis of their type of asthma, wasting time, sometimes year, of frustrating trial and error approaches to treatment options. Alongside the ongoing damage caused to a patient’s lungs due to avoidable exacerbations, this can also take a toll on their mental health, work and social life.