Abstract
Advancing drug development for airway diseases beyond the established mechanisms and symptomatic therapies requires redefining the classifications of airway diseases, considering systemic manifestations, developing new tools and encouraging collaborations.
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The authors and participants wish to acknowledge A. Martin, P. Pfister and K. Allen at Novartis for their role in facilitating this Respiratory Expert Council.
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Stephen Holgate is Chair of the Novartis Respiratory Council, a non-executive board director of Synairgen and a consultant for AstraZeneca, Regeneron and Amgen.
Robert Fogel, Robert M. Strieter, Theodore F. Reiss and Thomas R. MArtin are employees of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Elisabeth Bel serves on advisory boards for GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Sanofi.
Gary Anderson serves on advisory boards for Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Pieris Pharmaceuticals and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Alvar Agusti has received fees for speaking at meetings, participation in advisory boards and/or grant support from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, GlaxoSmithKline, Kyorin, Menarini, Novartis and Takeda.
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Holgate, S., Agusti, A., Strieter, R. et al. Drug development for airway diseases: looking forward. Nat Rev Drug Discov 14, 367–368 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd4645
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