A new study finds that the asthma medication Xolair may substantially reduce severe allergic reactions in people who have multiple food allergies and are accidentally exposed to those foods. Data ...

XOLAIR is given in 1 or more injections under the skin (subcutaneous), 1 time every 2 or 4 weeks. In people with asthma, CRSwNP and food allergy, a blood test for a substance called IgE must be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A medication used to treat asthma can now be ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the ...

If you have food allergies, you know the dread: You'll be at a gathering and no one can tell you for sure if there are peanuts or eggs in any of the food. So you take a risk or you don't eat. Now, a ...

About 20 million people in the U.S.—including four million children—have food allergies. Now, there's a new way to reduce their risk of severe allergic reactions. A study published in the New England ...

The Associated Press reported that Xolair is the name brand for omalizumab and is given by injection and can be used to lessen the effects of reactions when someone is accidentally exposed to ...

A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Xolair, the brand name for the drug ...