Pharmaceutical Product Guide » Asthma http://www.pharmaceuticalproductguide.com/blog A comprehensive guide to pharmaceutical products for medical professionals Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Aerocrine: US Expert Panel Recommends The Use Of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FENO) In The Diagnosis And Management Of Asthma http://www.pharmaceuticalproductguide.com/blog/2010/01/15/aerocrine-us-expert-panel-recommends-the-use-of-fractional-exhaled-nitric-oxide-feno-in-the-diagnosis-and-management-of-asthma/ http://www.pharmaceuticalproductguide.com/blog/2010/01/15/aerocrine-us-expert-panel-recommends-the-use-of-fractional-exhaled-nitric-oxide-feno-in-the-diagnosis-and-management-of-asthma/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:09:09 +0000 Kimberly O'Brien http://www.pharmaceuticalproductguide.com/blog/?p=191 AerocrineAerocrine AB announced that a group of prominent clinicians and researchers, all leaders in the field of asthma in the US, has issued a consensus paper recommending that inflammation monitoring using exhaled nitric oxide should be part of the routine clinical management of asthma in conjunction with other conventional methods. The points of clinical consensus were arrived at during a closed meeting held at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado.

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