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Asthma
Aridol(TM) Endorsed by International Olympic Committee
April 11th, 2008
Pharmaxis announced that Australian-made Aridol (mannitol) has been included as an approved test by the International Olympic Committee's independent Medical Commission. The approval was contained in their just-released IOC Consensus Statement on Asthma in Elite Athletes, for athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics. The prevalence of asthma in elite athletes has grown exponentially in recent years, rising from 9% in 1988 to 21% of all athletes at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The IOC Medical Commission found no evidence that the commonly used asthma treatments known as beta-2 agonists conferred any performance enhancing effect, but they were concerned that elite athletes...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-04-11)
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