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The hype and hope of new food allergy treatments

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Food allergy treatment is undergoing a paradigm shift with new therapies emerging, including the recent FDA approval of omalizumab — but without evidence of disease modification and with uncertain quality-of-life improvement, it may not be a panacea for all.

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Fig. 1: Food allergen thresholds with omalizumab and placebo in the OUtMATCH study.

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K.P.P. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) fellowship (GNT2008911) and a Melbourne Children’s Clinician–Scientist Fellowship. Research at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government’s Operational Infrastructure Support Program.

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  1. Population Allergy Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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  3. Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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  4. Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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K.P.P. has received research grants from Aravax, DBV Technologies, Novartis and Siolta and consultant fees from Aravax, paid to their institution, outside the submitted work.

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