New Drug Approvals Archive - August 2008
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August 2008
| August 1 |
New Formulation Approved: July 31, 2008
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| August 4 |
Exforge (amlodipine and valsartan)
New Indication Approved: July 23, 2008
Exforge (amlodipine and valsartan) FDA Approval History |
| August 1 |
Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) Injectable Emulsion Date of Approval: August 1, 2008
Company: The Medicines Company
Treatment for: Hypertension
Cleviprex (clevidipine) is an intravenous, ultrashort-acting calcium channel blocker under development for the treatment of severely elevated blood pressure in the hospital setting when oral therapy is not feasible or desirable. Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) FDA Approval History |
| August 11 |
Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
New Indication Approved: August 11, 2008
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| August 15 |
Date of Approval: August 15, 2008
Company: Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Treatment for: Huntington’s Chorea
Xenazine (tetrabenazine) is a selective and reversible centrally-acting dopamine depleting drug indicated for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease. Xenazine (tetrabenazine) FDA Approval History |
| August 21 |
Vidaza (azacitidine)
New Indication Approved: August 20, 2008
Vidaza (azacitidine) FDA Approval History |
| August 22 |
Nplate (romiplostim) Date of Approval: August 22, 2008
Company: Amgen Inc.
Treatment for: Idiopathic (Immune) Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Nplate (romiplostim) is a thrombopoietin mimetic peptibody for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic immune (idiopathic)
thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Nplate (romiplostim) FDA Approval History |
| August 25 |
Aloxi (palonosetron)
New Dosage Form Approved: August 22, 2008
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| August 26 |
Novolog Mix (insulin aspart and insulin aspart protamine)
New Formulation Approved: August 26, 2008
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