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Seroquel XR Gets Additional Approvals

Posted on October 12, 2008

Helping to extend Seroquel s existing reach, AstraZeneca, its maker, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market it as an effective treatment not only for mania associated with bipolar disorder, but also now for depressive episodes in bipolar disorder too. According to the Reuters report on the news: The green light from the Food and Drug Administration makes Seroquel XR the first medication cleared in the United States for the once-daily acute treatment of both depressive and manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder. Seroquel was first approved for the tre...

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bipolar , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia