Novartis Egypt launches new products for asthma patients

Novartis Egypt launches new products for asthma patients

“Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease in the world, with a substantial health and economic impact on patients. Around 358 million people suffered from asthma worldwide in 2015, causing 400,000 deaths,” Mohamed Awad Tageldin, Professor of Pulmonology at Ain Shams University, said.

“Fewer patients self-rate their asthma as uncontrolled compared to those who are truly uncontrolled. Half of asthma patients are poorly adherent to therapeutic advice which may lead to asthma exacerbations and hospitalizations. A study conducted in 2020 evaluated asthmatic patients’ adherence to inhaler therapy and sought to examine drug-related factors affecting it among Egyptian asthma patients. The study showed that out of 110 patients, 42.2% demonstrated a high level, 22.9% a medium level, and 34.9% a low level of medication adherence.” Tarek Safwat, Professor of Pulmonology at Ain Shams University said.

“Risk factors for asthma have been determined to be age, gender, country as well as specific comorbidities such as respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, nervous, and neurological diseases. More than 1/3 of patients remain uncontrolled when treated with current inhalers. A considerable percentage of patients (28-68%) do not use the inhalers correctly, reducing medication benefits,” Hossam Hosny, Professor of Pulmonology at Cairo University, said

“The treatments currently available to asthma