FDA OKs Boehringer Ingelheim’s asthma spray for children 6 and up

The Food and Drug Administration approved an expanded use of Boehringer Ingelheim’s asthma drug tiotropium Respimat.

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Tiotropium Respimat is an inhaled corticosteroid drug patients administer once daily through Boehringer Ingelheim’s Respimat inhaler.

The FDA first approved the drug in 2015 for asthma patients age 12 and older. Now, the drug can also be used to treat children ages six and up.

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