Navigation Links
SANCUSO(R), the First and Only Patch for Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Chemotherapy Patients, Now Available
Date:11/4/2008

ProStrakan's First U.S. Product Will Be Sold by A Uniquely-Trained Sales

Force

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProStrakan Group plc (LSE: PSK) today announced that SANCUSO(R) (Granisetron Transdermal System) is now available by prescription for patients with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in the United States. Sancuso was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) in September 2008 as the first and only patch to provide up to five consecutive days of control of nausea and vomiting for patients receiving a moderately and/or highly nausea-inducing chemotherapy regimen.

"Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting is one of the most feared side effects of chemotherapy, often times forcing patients to stop important cancer treatments," said company CEO Wilson Totten, MD. "Now, with the availability of Sancuso, healthcare practitioners, patients and caregivers have a new tool in their toolbox to prevent the debilitating side effects of CINV."

Sancuso is a transdermal system, or skin patch, that delivers granisetron, its active component and an established preventor of nausea and vomiting, through a thin layer of adhesive that attaches the patch to the skin on the upper outer arm. The medicine is then released slowly and continuously into the bloodstream for up to five consecutive days.

"As a company dedicated to the needs of the patients, we are thrilled to be launching our first product in the U.S.," added Totten. "The ability to successfully bring Sancuso to the oncology community opens doors for us to introduce other supportive oncology care products, particularly those designed for easier patient use."

A Distinctive Sales Force

In order to better meet the needs of patients and oncology health-care professionals, the Sancuso sales force has been trained by oncology nurses through a partnership with ONSEdge(R), a subsidiary of the Oncolog
'/>"/>

SOURCE ProStrakan Group plc
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

1

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related medicine news :

1. First biomarker discovered that predicts prostate cancer outcome
2. FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids
3. Single-incision belly-button surgery to remove kidney performed first at UT Southwestern
4. First study examines newly-licensed RN work attitudes and intentions
5. Glades General Hospital First in Palm Beach County to Provide On-Site Electronic Birth Registration
6. UHW Announces: Antelope Valley Hospital Caregivers and Board Vote to Ratify First Union Contract With SEIU UHW-West
7. Father and Daughter From Tanzania Receive Their First Medical Examination in Newport Beach
8. High and mighty: first common height gene identified by researchers behind obesity gene finding
9. APA Comments on FDAs First Approval of Medication to Treat Pediatric Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
10. TriWest Creates First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Offer Military Leaders With Grief Support Program
11. Watson Receives First FDA Approval for Manufacturing Product at Its Goa, India Facility

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:12/2/2009)...come, NIH director says, , , WEDNESDAY,...nes have been added to the pool that scientists ca...such lines will soon be made available, U.S. healt...e first additional embryonic stem cell lines appro...tutes of Health (NIH) since President Barack Obama...
(Date:12/2/2009)...wswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers from around the ...research at the annual American Society of Hematol...2009. ,, Throughout the ASH conference, The Le...ding Chief Medical Officer Barton Kamen, M.D., Ph....y Dillon, and Vice President, Research Communicati...
(Date:12/2/2009).../ -- Independence Blue Cross (IBC) today announced...ancial Group. IBC will be the primary provider of ...Financial Group employees, retirees, and their dep...ngs will include the PPO option and Comprehensive ... of us at Independence Blue Cross when I say we ar...
(Date:12/2/2009)...avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball...asingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimme... Unable to return the tennis ball or see the pitch...eal transplant to restore his vision and eye comfo...n alternative treatment. He received a gas permeab...
(Date:12/2/2009)...pens.com ), a worldwide leading promotional produc...000 free business card pens. , ...ww.pens.com ), a worldwide leading promotional pro...0,000 free business card pens. , , , , ,“We...company in the industry can do, as we have created...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research 2Health News:U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Publicly Funded Research 3Health News:Independence Blue Cross Secures All-Blue Contract with Lincoln Financial Group 2Health News:Independence Blue Cross Secures All-Blue Contract with Lincoln Financial Group 3Health News:Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight 2Health News:National Pen Giving Away 10,000 Business Card Pens 2
...hcare Ltd has received US Food Drug Administration...12.5 mg, 25 mg and 50 mg in the US.// Prometha...c symptoms and reactions, to cause sedation, to as...s drug is estimated at $116 million. The group h...
...l stress caused out of a roller coaster ride could...beats in people with cardiac disease, leading to p...heart attack.// Researchers from Germany hav...se to 62 metres above the ground, followed by a fr...
...ospitals Group has been shortlisted by Britain's N...aphical areas in the UK where it could provide dia...HS had forced it to outsource some of its operatio...oscopy, ultra-sound and so on. 'Our bidding team ...
... that your problem solving abilities could be affe...y violent or emotional scenes in a movie?// True s...s, who claim that it can induce sufficient stress ...es - "Saving Private Ryan" and "Shrek" were used t...
...dy conducted on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (...ciated with an increase in testosterone levels. Te... considerably higher in infants who have died sudd...blood collected from 169 infants who had died of S...
... Minister said that family planning in India would...ess about the same rather than the use of force.//...on". He expressed that the program would turn ...learly states that there won't be any coercion on ...
Other Medicine News:Health News:Apollo Hospitals Short-listed to Provide Diagnostics in the UK 2Health News:Stress Levels Determine Problem-Solving Abilities Of An Individual 2Health News:Effective family control measures and stem cell research focus of Indian Government 2
(Date:12/2/2009)..., NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Reportlinker...s available in its catalogue: ,, Multiple Mye...s ,, http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164271/Mu...alysis.html ,, Given the severity, and relentl...fficient therapies and treatments to battle the di...
(Date:12/2/2009)..., LAS ANGELES, December 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCal...nounced today that it would initiate a programme o...formed of the significant,progress which Fountain ...as,well as to provide shareholders with regular up...Capital Partners and others. , Fountain r...
(Date:12/2/2009)...ENTENNIAL, Colo., Dec. 2 AlloSourc...s of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use...ocessor of live cellular bone growth substitutes, ...symbol of hope as a float rider aboard the annual ...t of Roses Parade®. Manuel Salazar, a 29-yea...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Reportlinker Adds Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics - US Market Trends & Analysis 2Reportlinker Adds Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics - US Market Trends & Analysis 3Reportlinker Adds Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics - US Market Trends & Analysis 4Reportlinker Adds Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics - US Market Trends & Analysis 5Reportlinker Adds Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics - US Market Trends & Analysis 6Fountain Healthy Aging Inc Business Update For Shareholders 2Fountain Healthy Aging Inc Business Update For Shareholders 3AlloSource Sponsors Heroic Quadruple Amputee as Rider Aboard 2010 Donate Life Rose Parade Float 2AlloSource Sponsors Heroic Quadruple Amputee as Rider Aboard 2010 Donate Life Rose Parade Float 3iZumi Bio Appoints Dr Corey Goodman to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board 12583 1iZumi Bio Appoints Dr Corey Goodman to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board 12583 2iZumi Bio Appoints Dr Corey Goodman to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board 12583 3ReStart DC Launches Life Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program 48583 1ReStart DC Launches Life Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program 48583 2ReStart DC Launches Life Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program 48583 3Senate Bill to Protect Patients Healthcare by Amending Medicare Coverage 48578 1Senate Bill to Protect Patients Healthcare by Amending Medicare Coverage 48578 2Senate Bill to Protect Patients Healthcare by Amending Medicare Coverage 48578 3
...ire/ -- Portola,Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced to...data on its oral Factor Xa inhibitor and on its,in...XXI Congress of,the International Society of Throm...d on July 6 through July 12, 2007. , The EXPERT po...s,lead compound PRT054021, is entitled "Evaluation...
...Newswire/ -- Rear,Admiral Timothy Ziemer (U.S. Nav...announced his intent to name Dr. Bernard,Nahlen to...laria,Initiative (PMI). Dr. Nahlen is a Commission...s most recently served as Senior,Advisor, Monitori...S, Tuberculosis and Malaria. , As Deputy Coordinat...
Other Medicine Technology:Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase II EXPERT Results,and Additional Oral and Poster Presentations at the XXI Congress of,the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) 2Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase II EXPERT Results,and Additional Oral and Poster Presentations at the XXI Congress of,the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) 3Studies of Drug Resistance May Lead to Individual Therapy for Rare,Cancers 2
Hybrid Fixator
PreFix Fixator
...xator is achieved by means of self-drilling screws...which consists of two primary links joined by a co...obese patients or in iliac crest applications. Wit...n increased to facilitate fracture reduction, and ...
Pinless Fixator
Medicine Products: