The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has approved AstraZeneca‘s triple combination therapy Trixeo Aerosphere as a maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The approval specifically covers adults with moderate to severe disease who are not adequately treated by a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA), or by a LABA used in conjunction with a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA). Funding from the SMC will cover the costs of the newly approved treatment…

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