# AstraZeneca's COPD Drug Trial Includes Smokers

- slug: astrazenecas-copd-drug-trial-includes-smokers
- date: 2026-03-27
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

The British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca published positive Phase 3 results Friday for tozorakimab, an anti-IL-33 antibody, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — and the interesting part is not the win.

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