It's a minor mystery in the drug world that's become a topic of debate among AstraZeneca (AZN)'s Symbicort sales staff: Why, in TV commercials for the asthma drug, is the presenter represented as a ...

AstraZeneca’s Don Apruzzese, formerly senior director of consumer marketing, is moving over to become regional commercial leader on the Symbicort for asthma launch, scheduled for mid-2007. In a world ...

LargePharma_SymbicortAstraZeneca’s Symbicort, the second-to-market ICS/LABA combo behind GlaxoSmithKline’s Advair, faced an uphill battle on its launch in June 2007, squaring off against a firmly ...

Symbicort is a combination inhaler used to control asthma and to maintain airflow in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It contains an inhaled corticosteroid called budesonide ...

The SMART (Symbicort Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) approach allows patients to increase the dose of Symbicort (a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting bronchodilator) during ...

The government is taking steps to curb use of some long-acting asthma drugs taken by millions, issuing safety restrictions Thursday to lower an uncommon but potentially life-threatening risk that ...