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FDA Clears Schering Antipsychotic Drug

by Rick Mullin
August 24, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 34

FDA has approved Schering-Plough's antipsychotic drug, Saphris, for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and for episodes associated with severe bipolar-1 disorder. The drug will compete with Johnson & Johnson's Risperdal, Bristol-Myers Squibb's Abilify, and Eli Lilly & Co.'s Zyprexa. Schering, which is being acquired by Merck & Co., projects sales of Saphris to exceed $1 billion per year. Schering acquired the drug when it purchased Organon BioSciences in 2007.

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