Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced positive results from a Phase 2a clinical trial of OMS824, the company's phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitor, in which the drug was well tolerated and demonstrated comparable systemic ...
There is much value in training hospital and nursing home staff in the basics of palliative care to make the last days of a dying patient's life as comfortable and dignified as possible. So says F. Amos Bailey of the Birmingham Veterans ...
By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Levels of glutamine, but not glutamate, are elevated in the dorsal anterior cingulate of patients with established schizophrenia, say researchers. Most previous studies have measured ...
Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and ...
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...
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Grupo Ferrer Internacional, Alexza Pharmaceuticals' commercial partner, has begun sales of Adasuve inhalation powder, pre-dispensed (Staccato Loxapine) in the European Union (EU). The first sale triggered a $1.25m milestone payment to ...
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LGC Standards’ LoGiCal reference solutions are proving beneficial to the Eastern Finland Laboratory Centre Joint Authority Enterprise (ISLAB) laboratory at Kuopio University Hospital. ISLAB performs around eight million analyses ...
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Janssen Pharmaceuticals has settled its legal cases with 36 states and the District of Columbia regarding promotional and marketing practices for its atypical antipsychotic prescription medication Risperdal. The company will shell out ...
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SureGene and PGXL Laboratories have joined forces to launch the SureGene Test for Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Response (STA2R), which is a pharmacogenetic test containing genetic markers for effectiveness of antipsychotic drug ...
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Zogenix has commenced first IND clinical trial for Relday in patients with chronic, stable schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Relday is based on a combination of its DosePro needle-free, subcutaneous drug delivery system with a ...
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Catalent has started supplying its antipsychotic drug, Abilify, an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) to Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Abilify ODT, which utilizes Catalent's Zydis fast dissolve drug delivery technology, is designed to improve ...
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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is introducing Depas tablets 0.25mg, a new dosage to be added to the series of tranquilizer being currently available under the brand names Depas tablets 0.5mg, Depas tablets 1gm and Depas fine granules 1%, in ...
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