FDA Approves Monthly Shot Of Abilify for Treating Schizophrenia

March 1, 2013, 10:56 PM UTC

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. and H. Lundbeck A/S Feb. 28 announced that the Food and Drug Administration has approved Abilify Maintena (aripiprazole) extended-release injectable suspension for the treatment of schizophrenia.

The companies said Abilify Maintena is the first dopamine D2 partial agonist approved as a once-monthly injection. Abilify already is approved in tablet and oral solution formulas.

Abilify Maintena will be the first commercialized product from the long-term global alliance between Otsuka and H. Lundbeck to develop central nervous system medicines worldwide. In November 2011, Japan-based Otsuka and Denmark-based H. Lundbeck announced the formation of an alliance to collaborate on the ...

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