Prescription Drugs

Urology Company, a subsidiary of Plethora Solutions, has launched three male sexual health products Striant SR, UroVital Complex and UroMaxi Flow. Striant SR is a prescription only medicine for testosterone replacement therapy in men suffering from hypogonadism. UroVital Complex and UroMaxi Flow are nutritional supplement products, which have been formulated specifically to assist in the [...]

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The MHRA (UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has granted approval to India-based pharma firm Bafna Pharmaceuticals to manufacture Amlodipine 5mg and Amlodipine 10mg. Indian Pharmacy Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker (dihydropyridine class) that inhibits the trans membrane influx of calcium ions into vascular smooth muscle and cardiac muscle and is used as [...]

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) and Pfizer have discontinued the Phase 3 Apixaban for Prevention of Acute Ischemic Events – 2 (APPRAISE-2) clinical trial in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with Apixaban or placebo in addition to mono or dual antiplatelet therapy. The APPRAISE-2 Trial, one of nine clinical trials evaluating Apixaban in [...]

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Amgen has stated that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xgeva (denosumab), a RANK Ligand inhibitor for the prevention of skeletal-related events (SREs) in patients with bone metastases from solid tumors, following a 6 month priority review. The FDA approval of Xgeva is based on the results of three pivotal, Phase 3 [...]

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FDA approves Sun Pharma generic Clarinex tablets, 5mg. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Sun Pharmaceutical Industries regarding its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) to market a generic version of Schering Plough’s Clarinex tablets, 5 mg. Generic Clarinex tablets contain desloratidine 5mg. Clarinex is an antihistamine – a type of medicine that blocks [...]

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The FDA has set Dec. 9 2010 as the date to make a final decision on Benlysta, the first new drug to treat lupus in more than half a century, and it will be the fourth drugs for this indication. Simply lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks [...]

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Impax Allegra-D 60mg/120mg tablets ANDA gets FDA approval. Impax Laboratories has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for the generic version of Allegra-D (Fexofenadine Hydrochloride and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride Extended-release) 60mg/120mg tablets. Sanofi Aventis US markets Allegra-D for the treatment of the symptoms associated [...]

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AAC (Arthritis Advisory Committee) recommends US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to approve HGSI, GSK Benlysta . The Arthritis Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted 13 to 2 to recommend that the FDA approve Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of autoantibody-positive patients [...]

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Kamagra (SILDENAFIL CITRATE) is the first of a new group of medication which allows adequate sexual stimulation, relaxes the blood vessels of the penis and helps erection. Common uses – Sildenafil relaxes muscles and increases blood flow to particular areas of the body. – Sildenafil under the name Kamagra is used to treat erectile dysfunction [...]

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Merck Serono, a division of Merck KgaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has successfully completed the Decentralised Procedure (DCP) allowing for approval of Saizen solution for injection (somatropin) in the 18 participating member states. Somatotropin refers to the growth hormone 1 produced naturally in animals, whereas the term somatropin refers to growth hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology, [...]

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