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American Thoracic Society
ATS, ERS jointly issue asthma assessment guidelines
July 13th, 2009
The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have released official standards for clinical trials and practice with respect to the assessment of asthma. The statement appears in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "In the past, there has been no standard way of assessing asthma. This has led to a lot of confusion for doctors who are managing asthma, and in research, it was difficult to compare the results of different studies," said Helen Reddel, M.D., Ph.D., from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, and co-chair of the international task force with D. Robin Taylor, M.D.,...
Source: Pharma Business Week (2009-07-13)
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