INFLAMMATION, ALLERGY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

AstraZeneca’s research unit focuses on respiratory diseases as well as inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

Other pharmaceutical and biotech companies develop treatments for various diseases, e.g. AstraZeneca, Resistentia (respiratory tract infl ammations), Genmab, Ferring, Cartela (arthritis), Active Biotech (MS), BioInvent (atherosclerosis), Resistentia (respiratory diseases), Astion Pharma, Valderm (psoriasis), AnaMar, Euro-Diagnostica (diagnostics), Hansa Medical (transplant rejection), Alsensa, Atonomics, Curalogic, Reflab and Chemotechnique Diagnostics (allergy).

ALK-Abelló recently launched the first oral vaccine against grass pollen.