From 6th to 9th November 2010, the 8th Asia Pacific Congress of Asthma, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology was held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, in conjunction with the 2010 Congress of the Asia Pacific Association of Paediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology. New approaches to the treatment of asthma Allergy in early life symposium New approaches to the treatment of asthma When asthma was first recognised as a disease entity in the...

The recent ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS joint congress in Amsterdam reported results from several pivotal phase III studies. The encouraging results of phase III studies of several new agents and their potential regulatory approval within the next few years promises to add many more therapeutic options and much greater complexity to the multiple sclerosis treatment landscape. Patients with clinically isolated syndrome, early, or mild disease will likely still begin with one of the first-generation...