FDA Panel Finds Tiotropium Safe for COPD Patients

Courtesy MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology  Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:42

An FDA committee said new data allay concerns about the risk of stroke and cardiovascular events previously associated with tiotropium (Spiriva), drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim said.


 

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