( Results presented at the Movement Disor...)International Movement Disorder Specialists Receive New Information,About the Use of Once-Daily Azilect in the Treatment of Parkinson's,Disease,Health

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 08, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- New information on the use of AZILECT(R) (rasagiline tablets) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) was reported this week at The Movement Disorder Society's congress in Istanbul, Turkey. Once-daily AZILECT was approved by the FDA May 17, 2006, for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of PD, both as initial monotherapy and as adjunct therapy to levodopa.

AZILECT(R) Monotherapy Demonstrates Benefits in Early PD Regardless of Disease Duration

Dr. John Bertoni, M.D., Ph.D., provided the results of a new post-hoc analysis of the 26-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind TEMPO study, that included 404 patients who received once-daily AZILECT 1mg, 2mg, or placebo. This analysis revealed that AZILECT once-daily as monotherapy provided a consistent beneficial effect on the symptoms of PD regardless of the duration of the disease at the time treatment was started. AZILECT 1 mg/day significantly improved UPDRS-Total score compared to placebo in both the < 1-year stratum (-0.52 vs 3.33; p<0.001) and the greater than or equal to 1-year stratum (0.81 vs 4.76; p<0.01). "The time to diagnosis and initial treatment is different for every patient," said Dr. Bertoni. "Demonstrating that AZILECT monotherapy has a beneficial effect, regardless of disease duration, is important when considering it as a treatment option for patients with PD."

AZILECT(R) Clinical Experience When Given Concomitantly with Antidepressants

Dr. Michel Panisset, M.D., CHUM - Hotel-Dieu de Montreal, Quebec, reported on an evaluation of the records of 1,361 patients who had taken AZILECT for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in controlled clinical trials to assess the safety of combining antidepressant therapy with AZILECT. Three hundred and twenty three (
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