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Inclusion Criteria: * patients with a diagnosis of asthma receiving tezepelumab or high-intensity SOC treatment for severe asthma at any point during the study inclusion period. Exclusion Criteria for both exposed and unexposed groups include: * \<12 months of data availability prior to index date, * age \<12 years at index date, * history of congenital heart disease or heart transplant outcome-specific exclusion criterion applied for each objective will include the presence of non-fatal myocardial infarction or stroke and the specific outcome of interest in the 180 days prior to index date * for comparative analysis, an additional exclusion criterion will be considered, i.e. exposure to non-tezepelumab biologics on index date or within the 5-half-life clearance period of the biologic * matching criteria (including, among other variables, the type and duration of SOC exposure in the 12 months before index date and propensity score \[PS\] matching) will be applied to ensure exposed and unexposed patients' comparability