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10-13-2011, 06:39 PM | #1 | ||
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FDA questions Teva drug's impact on Parkinson's
AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT Studies of Teva Pharmaceuticals' drug Azilect for Parkinson's disease failed to convince federal scientists that the pill slows the progression of the disease, suggesting the government will reject the company's bid for expanded use of the drug. |
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10-17-2011, 04:31 PM | #2 | ||
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FDA panel unanimously votes down Parkinson's drug
Boston Globe, October 17, 2011 But the FDA's panel of outside experts voted 17-0 against recommending approval for that use, saying the company's clinical study results were not convincing. |
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10-17-2011, 04:35 PM | #3 | ||
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AZILECT® (RASAGILINE MESYLATE) FOR SLOWING CLINICAL PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PARKINSON’S DISEASE3
BRIEFING DOCUMENT FOR THE PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING DATE OCTOBER 17, 2011 pdf file document |
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10-17-2011, 09:50 PM | #4 | |||
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They said the same thing about Mirapex, and that was bogus too..Hell of a sales pitch
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10-17-2011, 11:10 PM | #5 | ||
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To make it clear, the vote was against the claim that Rasagiline slows progression. The approval for symptomatic reasons is unchanged.
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10-18-2011, 09:20 AM | #6 | |||
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The six major PD orgs issued a joint statement on the issue yesterday. I put it in a new thread here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread159340.html
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