DRUG APPROVALS BY DR ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO
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lurasidone
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Monday, July 1st 2013 [ME NewsWire]
First Atypical Antipsychotic Indicated for the Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes Associated with Bipolar I Disorder (Bipolar Depression) Both as Monotherapy and as Adjunctive Therapy with Either Lithium or Valproate
(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new indications for the use of Latuda® (lurasidone HCl) as 1) monotherapy and 2) adjunctive therapy with either lithium or valproate, both to treat adult patients with major depressive episodes associated with bipolar I disorder (bipolar depression).
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http://www.me-newswire.net/news/7829/en
Lurasidone (trade name Latuda) is an atypical antipsychotic developed by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma and marketed by Sunovion in the USA. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of schizophrenia on October 28, 2010 after a review that found that two of the four Phase III clinical trials supported efficacy, while one showed only marginal efficacy and one was not interpretable because of high drop-out rates. It is currently pending approval for the treatment of bipolar disorder in the United States. It was launched in Canada for the treatment of schizophrenia in September 2012, Health Canada giving their Summary Basis of Decision (SBD) as favourable on October 15, 2012
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