Depression

Eli Lilly has gained FDA approval for its combination psychotropic medication product Symbyax to be used in the management of treatment-resistant depression. Symbyax was previously approved only for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder. The drug is a combination of the antipsychotic Zyprexa (olanzapine) with the antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) and is now the first medication approved for treatment-resistant depression. Patients that have not responded to a minimum of two separate trials of different antidepressants over an adequate [...]

The newest entry into the antidepressant market is Pristiq (desvenlafaxine).Pristiq (desvenlafaxine), is in the SNRI category of antidepressants and is manufactured by the Wyeth Corporation. This drug received FDA approval in March, 2008. Faced with the fact that Wyeth is losing patent protection for its top-selling antidepressant Effexor XR(venlafaxine XR), the company needed a brand product that would potentially replace some of the revenue loss when Effexor XR goes generic in 2010. Sales of Effexor XR in 2007 hovered around [...]