Who is involved?

Project partners Asthma UK is the leading asthma charity in the UK, helping the over five million people living with asthma. Through research, campaigning, health promotion and engagement with the asthma community, the charity aims to significantly reduce the number of asthma deaths, hospitalisations and living lives compromised by asthma. Asthma UK is a significant investor…

The project

Background It’s estimated that 30 million people in Europe are currently living with asthma, and around 15,000 people die each year from asthma attacks in the continent Fourteen EU countries feature in the top 20 worst countries globally for asthma prevalence in adults.Between now and 2020, if no major breakthroughs in research and the management of asthma…

The European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership (EARIP

The European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership (EARIP) aims to reduce asthma deaths in Europe by 25% within ten years and by 50% within 20 years. The partnership, made up of 12 European-based organisations, also aims to halve hospital admission rates, speed up the discovery of new treatments and improve self-management. The EARIP project will…