Food Allergy

Stay updated with the latest healthcare breakthroughs, including FDA actions, in this week’s essential news roundup.

FDA approvals, new HAE guidance, epinephrine access shifts, and phase 3 peanut patch data defined major allergy developments across Q1 2026.

In this Q&A, Fleischer discusses clinically meaningful gains in peanut allergy desensitization, strong response rates, and the path toward FDA submission for VP250.

Wood discussed the potential of BTK inhibition for peanut allergy and beyond.

This HCPLive Five captures 5 interviews conducted on-site at AAAAI 2026.

Wood discussed factors that go into shared decision making for multi-food allergy.

McWilliam discussed findings from the TreEat study at AAAAI 2026.

At AAAAI 2026, Torres highlighted phase 3 peach immunotherapy research, nanostructure preclinical models, and a phase 2 prebiotic trial for LTP allergy.

Wood discussed the latest long term data from OUtMATCHat AAAAI 2026.

COMBINE trial data show dupilumab added to omalizumab-assisted OIT improved desensitization and reduced GI symptoms, despite no sustained response benefit.

Early gut microbiome changes in c-section infants linked to food sensitization at 12 months, highlighting a potential critical intervention window.

Trial data show early microbiome shifts after vaginal microbial transfer in cesarean-delivered infants, with differences in food sensitization at 12 months.

PhIP-Seq analysis in the Boston Birth Cohort found distinct early-childhood IgG patterns in food allergy, but investigators caution against diagnostic use of IgG testing.

Vaginal delivery, exclusive breastfeeding, and early sibling exposure strongly predicted colonization with bifidobacteria that suppress IgE responses in a recent study.

Longitudinal data identify aromatic lactate–producing bifidobacteria and the metabolite 4-hydroxy-phenyllactate as key factors in early immune tolerance.

Proteomic fragmentation may explain reduced allergenicity and point to a safer substrate for peanut oral immunotherapy compared with current options, new data suggests.

New data show heat- and pressure-treated peanuts significantly reduce IgE binding, skin test reactivity, and oral challenge severity in allergic patients.

Upton discusses an open-label trial showing a 30 mg per nut very low-dose oral immunotherapy strategy increased multi-nut tolerance and remained safe in children.

Reduced IgE binding and blunted basophil activation in response to Gal d 1 and Gal d 2 suggest that heat-treated egg proteins could improve the safety of OIT for egg-allergic patients.

A study links caregiver beliefs, mental health challenges, multiple allergens, and prior anaphylaxis to worse food allergy–related quality of life in pediatric patients.

Q4 2025 brought key FDA approvals and phase 3 advances in HAE, peanut allergy, multi-allergen immunotherapy, and allergic fungal rhinosinusitis.

December highlights: FDA approval of berotralstat for pediatric HAE, phase 3 RAPIDe-3 results, and allergy field spotlights in our This Year in Medicine series.

Nurse practitioners play a key role in allergy and asthma care using specific IgE blood testing to identify triggers, improve outcomes, and ease shortages.

Significant advancements in allergy treatments emerge in 2025, including 4 FDA approved treatments for hereditary angioedema.

Innovative therapies and devices are transforming food allergy management, enhancing safety and quality of life for patients and families.