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04 December 2009
US FDA Approves Seroquel For The Paediatric Treatment Of Schizophrenia And Bipolar Mania
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved SEROQUEL (quetiapine fumarate) Tablets for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents (13-17 years of age) as monotherapy, and for the acute treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents (10-17 years of age), both as monotherapy and as an adjunct to lithium or divalproex.
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03 December 2009
AstraZeneca and Targacept Form Global Collaboration and Licence Agreement for Late-Stage Investigational Product TC-5214 for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
AstraZeneca and Targacept, Inc. today announced a collaboration and licence agreement for the global development and commercialisation of TC-5214, Targacept’s late-stage investigational product for major depressive disorder (MDD). TC-5214, which recently completed a phase IIb clinical trial, is a nicotinic channel blocker that is thought to treat depression by modulating the activity of various neuronal nicotinic receptor (NNR) subtypes.
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04 December 2009
US FDA Approves Seroquel For The Paediatric Treatment Of Schizophrenia And Bipolar Mania

