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Schering gains blockbuster Saphris approval

Schering-Plough has won FDA approval of Saphris, a likely blockbuster antipsychotic, just ahead of its acquisition by Merck. The drug is now approved to treat episodes related to bipolar I disorder

FDA panel backs Schering-Plough antipsychotic

Schering-Plough took another big step in its quest to gain marketing approval for the antipsychotic blockbuster asenapine, winning the backing of an expert panel in a lopsided vote. The panel voted 9

FDA wants more data on Schering's Saphris

Regulators at the FDA presented Schering-Plough with a new obstacle for Saphris, its experimental therapy for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, declining to give it an approval. But the agency did

Schering-Plough buoyed by asenapine data

Researchers say that Organon's asenapine was just as effective in controlling episodes of acute mania in two late-stage trials as Eli Lilly's Zyprexa --a drug widely considered the gold standard for