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- noun An
atypical antipsychotic under development for thetreatment ofschizophrenia andacute mania associated withbipolar disorder .
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The Food and Drug Administration gave final approval to Schering-Plough Corp. 's asenapine, a treatment for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults.
FDA OKs Schering-Plough Drug for Schizophrenia, Bipolar 2009
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In addition to the two companies 'currently marketed neuroscience products, Schering-Plough brings several promising late-stage candidates, including SAPHRIS (asenapine), an antipsychotic drug for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and BRIDION (suggamadex), a novel anesthesia reversal agent.
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"We see growth of the CNS central nervous system division driven by Lyrica, Geodon, as well as Indiplon, vareniclin, and asenapine."
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Haloperidol also had the highest number of significant differences in head-to-head comparisons, coming out better than Otsuka Pharmaceutical's Abilify, known generically as aripiprazole; carbamazepine, sold as Carbatrol by Shire and Tegretol by Novartis; valproate, sold by Abbott Laboratories as Depakine and Sanofi-Aventis as Epilim; Lundbeck's and Merck's asenapine.
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SAPHRIS (asenapine), Merck's sublingual tablet for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, was approved for use in the United States during the third quarter of 2009 and a full launch is under way.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The application for asenapine is also under review in the EU.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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SAPHRIS (asenapine), Merck's sublingual tablet for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, was approved for use in the United States during the third quarter of 2009 and a full launch is under way.
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SAPHRIS (asenapine), Merck's sublingual tablet for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, was approved for use in the United States during the third quarter of 2009 and a full launch is under way.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The application for asenapine is also under review in the EU.
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The application for asenapine is also under review in the EU.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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