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Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BSc, RPh, is a freelance medical writer based in New York City and a clinical pharmacist at New York Downtown Hospital.

References

1. Lupin receives US FDA approval for Perindopril erbumine tablets. Lupin Web site. Available at: https://www.lupinworld.com/28jan10.htm. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
2. US FDA approves Auxilium drug for hand disease. Reuters Web site. Available at: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0211921420100203. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
3. Petrochko C. MS walking drug gets FDA nod. MedPage Today Web site. Available at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/MultipleSclerosis/18112. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
4. Fanapt available for acute schizophrenia. Monthly Prescribing Reference Web site. Available at: https://www.empr.com/fanapt-available-for-acute-schizophrenia/article/160985/. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
5. FDA approves once-a-day Lamictal XR as add-on epilepsy therapy for primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Available at: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/177796.php. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
6. FDA approves new treatment for Type 2 diabetes. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm198638.htm. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
7. Labopharm receives FDA approval for Oleptro. PR Newswire Web site. Available at: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/labopharm-receives-fda-approval-for-oleptrotm-83429037.html. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
8. Videx/Videx EC (didanosine): Labeling revision—risk of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm199343.htm. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
9. Long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs): new safe use requirements. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm201003.htm. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
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11. Zyprexa (olanzapine): use in adolescents. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm198402.htm. Accessed Feb. 22, 2010.
12. Follow-up to the November 2009 early communication about an ongoing safety review of sibutramine, marketed as Meridia. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/DrugSafetyInformationforHeathcareProfessionals/ucm198206.htm. Accessed Feb. 21, 2010.
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