Evidence summary: new medicine
'Evidence summaries: new medicines' provide summaries of key evidence for selected new medicines, or for existing medicines with new indications or formulations, that are considered to be of significance to the NHS. The strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence are critically reviewed within this summary to provide useful information for those working on the managed entry of new medicines for the NHS, but this summary is not NICE guidance.
From the published data, beclometasone/formoterol appears to work as well in COPD as the 2 commonly used ICS/LABA combinations, its constituent ingredients have been available for many years so their safety profile is known, it costs less than most alternatives and it can be used with a spacer, which many people with COPD need.http://www.nice.org.uk/Advice/ESNM47
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