Pharmacoeconomic assessment of specific immunotherapy versus current symptomatic treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma in France

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. Injectable specific immunotherapy (SIT) was a cost-effective treatment in pollen and dust-mite allergic rhinitis and asthma in comparison with current symptomatic treatment (CST). Sublingual SIT was cost-effective in pollen-induced rhinitis, especially in children.