Matching articles for "nasal polyps"
Tezepelumab (Tezspire) for Nasal Polyps
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • October 26, 2026; (Issue 1766)
The FDA has approved tezepelumab (Tezspire – Amgen/AstraZeneca), a subcutaneously administered thymic
stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) blocker, for add-on
maintenance treatment of inadequately controlled...
The FDA has approved tezepelumab (Tezspire – Amgen/AstraZeneca), a subcutaneously administered thymic
stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) blocker, for add-on
maintenance treatment of inadequately controlled chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in patients
≥12 years old. It is the first TSLP blocker to be approved
for this indication. Tezepelumab was approved for add-on
maintenance treatment of severe asthma in 2021.
A Mometasone-Eluting Sinus Implant (Sinuva) for Nasal Polyps
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • September 10, 2018; (Issue 1555)
The FDA has approved Sinuva (Intersect ENT), a sinus
implant that gradually releases the corticosteroid
mometasone furoate over a 90-day period, for
treatment of nasal polyps in adults who have had
ethmoid...
The FDA has approved Sinuva (Intersect ENT), a sinus
implant that gradually releases the corticosteroid
mometasone furoate over a 90-day period, for
treatment of nasal polyps in adults who have had
ethmoid sinus surgery. Propel, a sinus implant that
releases mometasone furoate over 30 days, is FDA-approved
to maintain the sinus opening after ethmoid
sinus surgery; it is marketed by the same manufacturer
as Sinuva.
