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More Than 15 Years Experience: Takeda Marks one Billion Treatment Courses of Gastric Ulcer Drug Pantoprazole

Zurich (ots/PRNewswire) – ? Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH (“Takeda”) today announced that over one billion treatment courses of its gastrointestinal product pantoprazole have been administered around the world.[1] Initially launched in 1994 in Germany, pantoprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) used to treat acid related diseases, is available in more than 90 countries as a [...]

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Phase 3 Study Shows Efficacy is Maintained With lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) in Children and Adolescents With ADHD After at Least 6 Months of Treatment

Nyon, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) – Significantly lower proportion of subjects experiencing treatment failure whilst receiving LDX in the randomised withdrawal period, compared to those subjects receiving placebo.[1] Today, at the EUNETHYDIS 2nd International ADHD Conference, Shire AG , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, presented results of the phase 3 study which demonstrated the long-term maintenance of [...]

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Phase II Study Showed Switching ACS-PCI patients on maintenance clopidogrel/aspirin to prasugrel/aspirin reduced maximal platelet aggregation after one week

Indianapolis and Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) – In a Phase II study, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients on maintenance clopidogrel/aspirin therapy who were switched to prasugrel (Efient(R) – either 10 mg maintenance dose [MD] or 60 mg loading dose [LD] followed by 10 mg MD) plus aspirin demonstrated a statistically significant greater reduction in Maximal Platelet Aggregation [...]

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Tarceva Receives Positive Opinion in Europe for Maintenance Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer

Basel, Switzerland, March 19, 2010 (ots/PRNewswire) – Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for use of Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) as a maintenance therapy for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and stable disease (cancer remains largely [...]

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New Analysis Supports Tiotropium as Initial Maintenance Therapy for COPD

Vienna (ots/PRNewswire) – – Treatment With Tiotropium Reduced Lung Function Decline in Younger Patients NOT FOR US MEDIA A new post-hoc analysis of data from the Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium (UPLIFT(R)) trial presented today at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress demonstrated that tiotropium (SPIRIVA(R)) administered to younger patients (less [...]

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Maintenance Treatment With Avastin and Tarceva in Combination Helps Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer Without Their Disease Worsening

Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) – – For ex-US Media Only – Phase III ATLAS Study Achieves a New Milestone in Treating Advanced Lung Cancer Roche announced today that the Phase III ATLAS study showed patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) and Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) as combined first-line maintenance treatment had a [...]

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MabThera Maintenance Therapy Helps Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Live for Years Longer Without Their Disease Progressing

Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) – – For non-US and non-UK Media Only – Long-term Results From a Phase III Study Highlight the Beneficial Role of MabThera in Patients With Recurrent or Resistant Disease Data presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) today confirmed that patients with recurrent or resistant follicular [...]

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New Biologic Ustekinumab Receives Positive Opinion From European Regulatory Authority for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

Beerse, Belgium, November 21 (ots/PRNewswire) – Janssen-Cilag announced today that ustekinumab, the first in a new class of biologics, has received a positive opinion for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis from the European Committee for Medical Products for Human Use (CHMP). This positive opinion takes patients living with the physical and mental [...]

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