Last week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made it official: Lyrica, the trade name of the Pfizer drug pregabalin, was approved as a treatment for fibromyalgia. This is the first drug to be specifically approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia, this based on the findings that it reduced pain and improved the ability to perform the activities of daily living in a significant number of patients suffering from this chronic pain syndrome.
However, an FDA official...
Today the FDA announced that Lyrica (pregabalin) has been approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Lyrica, manufactured by Pfizer, is... Read more »
According to study results presented Monday, May 1 at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, a significant number of... Read more »
Time magazine has released its list of the “Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2007.” [Cue the fanfare.] Coming in at number seven is... Read more »
The FDA has ruled that Pfizer violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with a false or misleading advertisement in a medical... Read more »
I have reviewed materials available to me concerning the recent request by the Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected drugmaker Pfizer's application for its drug Lyrica to be used as a stand-alone treatment for... Read more »
A unit of drugmaker Pfizer has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge that accused the company of marketing its painkiller Bextra for higher... Read more »
A federal jury has ordered drugmaker Pfizer to pay at least $142 million in damages for misleading the Kaiser Health Plan Inc. about the uses of its... Read more »
Drugmaker Pfizer says that the drug Sutent did not meet expectations in two late-stage trials for advanced breast cancer. The studies paired the... Read more »
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