So proud to see our own on the #CHEST2026 stage this morning! Dr. Sara Assaf and Dr. Neha Solanki joined Dr. Nicola Hanania and Dr. Diego Maselli to talk about raising the bar in asthma care, moving toward clinical remission and disease modification.

Could an IPF drug help severe asthma? In cell, lung slice and mouse models, pirfenidone relaxed airway smooth muscle and blocked neutrophilic inflammation. Check out this Red Journal editorial on the preclinical work by Xie and colleagues! #AII doi.org/10.1093/ajrcmb/aanag…

Mucus plugs are an emerging therapeutic target in severe asthma. Check out this CHEST Physician piece from Drs. Austin Herbst, Damaris Pena Evertz and Angela Quental on the CT mucus plug score and what biologics do to it! #AII chestphysician.org/mucus-plu…

Thank you all for an unforgettable conference. See you all next year! #ATS2025 #ATS2027

Dr. Praveen Akuthota discussing asthma clinical remission definitions. Should we include QoL? What length of time denotes remission? These and other thought-provoking topics highlighted this fantastic talk!

Dr. David Price with a fabulous presentation on the role of biologics in attaining remission! Clinical remission is important to prevent damaged lungs and damaged bodies. Early remission achieved with biologics resulted in improvements over multiple domains!

Dr. Njira Lucia Lugogo Discussing remission in asthma. Remission is a composite outcome combining response in multiple domains. Wonderful presentation!

@JarjourNizar with an incredible talk to kick off this session discussing asthma remission! #ATS2026 #asthma #AII

@solanki_neha doing amazing work demonstrating extrapulmonary effects of asthma! #AII #ATS2026 #asthma

Amazing work on display with what’s sure to be a stimulating discussion about to begin! Make your way over now! #ATS2026