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NICE recommends first under the tongue immunotherapy for severe birch tree pollen allergy   30th July 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has released its final draft guidance recommending Itulazax® (Betula verrucosa)—the first sublingual (under the tongue) tablet immunotherapy, which could help up to 27,000 people in England with moderate to severe birch
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Eating out on holiday: the allergy checklist  28th July 2025

Going on holiday is all about relaxing but for people with serious allergies, dining out in unfamiliar locations can bring added stress.
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Flying with food allergies: new review confirms commercial flights are much safer than you might think  22nd July 2025

For anyone living with food allergies—or caring for someone who does—the thought of experiencing a reaction at 30,000 feet can understandably trigger serious worry. People are well aware that help is far from being immediately available in the air, and
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The emergency treatment of anaphylaxis in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic 17th June 2020

Children are beginning to return to school under new social distancing rules and regulations. We have been contacted by concerned parents and school staff about how the COVID-19 epidemic and the restrictions in place because of it, affect the giving

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Study reveals significant need, burden and psychosocial impact of peanut allergy 2nd June 2020

The largest European quantitative study on peanut allergy has highlighted varying levels of effective disease management between countries, as well as the associated feelings of uncertainty, stress and isolation experienced by those with peanut allergy and their caregivers. APPEAL-1 (Allergy to Peanuts

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MHRA issues important alert for Emerade 500mcg auto injectors 18th May 2020

This is a recall for Emerade 500 microgram pens only. This is a different alert to that issued on 04 March 2020 for Emerade 150 microgram auto-injectors and on 07 April 2020 for Emerade 300 microgram auto-injectors. Results from manufacturer

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Anaphylaxis Campaign announces new president 6th May 2020

The Anaphylaxis Campaign, a UK charity that supports the growing number of adults and children affected by severe allergies, has today (6 May 2020) announced its new president, former vice-president David Reading OBE. On 2 April, the charity was notified

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Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes new youth ambassador 28th April 2020

In the run-up to our annual Anaphylaxis Awareness Week (4 – 10 May), the Anaphylaxis Campaign would like to welcome our new youth ambassador Dan Kelly, founder of the ‘May Contain’ blog (Instagram @_maycontain) and podcast, who will be working with us to support and empower

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COVID-19 ‘no touch’ policy in supermarkets 27th April 2020

The Anaphylaxis Campaign recently became aware of news reports in the media stating that major supermarkets had introduced new social distancing rules in store, asking customers not to touch food items unless they intended to buy them, and suggesting that

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Availability of EpiPen® 0.15mg and 0.3mg Adrenaline Auto-Injectors 23rd April 2020

Mylan’s manufacturing partner Meridian Medical Technologies, a subsidiary of Pfizer that manufactures EpiPen®, had previously experienced manufacturing challenges which resulted in interruptions in the supply of EpiPen Jr 0.15mg and EpiPen 0.3mg Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs). Supply has stabilised further in

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Anaphylaxis Campaign highlights risks of intravenous vitamin products for those with allergies 14th April 2020

The Anaphylaxis Campaign is aware of a number of companies offering intravenous vitamins which they claim can boost nutritional wellbeing. As a charity that supports the allergic community, we have concerns about the potential risks of these treatments should the companies

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Impact Report 2019 8th April 2020

Our 2019 impact report is now available to view online. Every year we look back at the differences we have made to the allergic community and announce our vision for the future. In 2019 we celebrated our 25th anniversary and

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