Pandemic Crushes Uptake of Uptake of Peanut Immunotherapy
email article The peanut-powder oral treatment Palforzia became the first FDA-approved immunotherapy for food allergy in late January 2020. The peanut (Arachis Hypogaea) allergen powder-dnfp is designed to desensitize peanut allergies in children and adolescents, and prevent potentially life-threatening reactions. Within 6 weeks of its approval for use in children, age 4-17 years, most of the U.S. shut down due to the pandemic, and it was widely agreed that the timing of the immunotherapy...
United States Christina Ciaccio Arachis Hypogaea Edwin Kim Thomas Casale University Of South Florida
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