FDA Advisory Committee Votes Unanimously to Recommend Approval of Tetrabenazine for Chorea Associated With Huntington Disease

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today voted unanimously to recommend the approval of tetrabenazine, which would be the first drug approved in the United States to treat chorea associated with Huntington disease (HD). "Th...

FDA approves first drug for Huntington's disease

... be diagnosed with the disease. FDA has classified tetrabenazine as an "orphan drug," since it's targeted to a dise..." said Marshall. "On one hand, the FDA approval of tetrabenazine represents only a small step forward. This medica...al represents a giant symbolic breakthrough, since tetrabenazine is the first drug ever approved in the United Stat...

Tetrabenazine in Medical Technology

Cambridge Laboratories Announces Approval of Tetrabenazine in Spain

DUBLIN and NEWCASTLE, England, December 8 /PRNewswire/ -- - Marketing Partner UCB Expects to Receive Completed Price and Reimbursement Approval for Tetrabenazine in H1 2009 - Exclusive Distribution Rights Granted in Finland (MediFront) and Taiwan (Giddi Pharma); Distribution Contra...

Clinical Trial Results Suggest Long-Term Treatment Benefit of Tetrabenazine for Chorea Associated with Huntington's Disease

...y 3, 2007 - New data show the investigational drug tetrabenazine maintained reduction of chorea associated with Hun...atment in a 13-week trial. These data suggest that tetrabenazine can be used successfully to sustain reduced chorea...we were able to maintain reduced chorea burden." tetrabenazine is designed to reversibly stop the release of dopa...

Tetrabenazine in Biological News

Study finds drug may cut down involuntary movements

... The medication tetrabenazine cut down involuntary movement in patients with Hun...any different side effects. This study shows that tetrabenazine can decrease chorea, and the drug is well-tolerated by most research subjects," said Shannon. tetrabenazine was originally developed in the 1950s to treat psy...

Tetrabenazine in Biological Technology

Marinus Pharmaceuticals Adds Two Life Sciences Veterans to its Board of Directors

...ntures, a leading venture capital firm. Previously, he was CEO of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, a CNS company that he directed to obtain FDA approval for tetrabenazine (TBZ), the first drug ever licensed in the United States to treat Huntington's Disease patients. Prior to that, Mr. Horner was CEO of Vicuron Pharmace...