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Actonel significantly reduced moderate and severe vertebral fractures

San Antonio, TX (September 20, 2002) – A new analysis of scientific data presented at today's meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) showed that a 5 mg dose of Actonel® ...
EurekAlert!

Actonel significantly reduced osteoporotic fractures

Cincinnati, Ohio; Bridgewater, N.J. (February 10, 2003) –Newly published data show that treatment with 5 mg Actonel® (risedronate sodium tablets) daily reduced the risk of spinal fracture in ...
Reuters

Actonel prevents fractures better than Fosamax

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study suggest that Actonel (risedronate) provides greater fracture protection in the first year of therapy than does Fosamax (alendronate). Among ...
Medscape

FDA Approvals: Fortical, Actonel With Calcium, VAQTA

Aug. 18, 2005 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved calcitonin-salmon [rDNA origin] nasal spray for the treatment of osteoporosis in women more than five years after menopause; a ...
Business Wire

Real world evidence demonstrates that risedronate GR (Actonel® GR) has superior outcomes for fracture risk reduction in patients with osteoporosis compared to immediate ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FOR MEDICAL BUSINESS/INDUSTRY TRADE MEDIA ONLY A real world evidence study, presented at the 13 th International Conference on Osteoporosis, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal ...
Medindia

Actonel (Risedronate) Drug Price and Information

Risedronate (Actonel) is a bisphosphonate which also includes the drugs alendronate prescribed for the treatment of Paget's disease of bone (a disease in which the formation of bone is abnormal) and ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA approves once-a-month Actonel for osteoporosis

The FDA has approved a once-monthly dose of Actonel (risedronate sodium tablets, from Procter & Gamble and sanofi-aventis) for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The 150mg ...
PharmaTimes

Teva wins full approval for generic Actonel

Teva Pharmaceutical says it has gained a green light in the USA to market its copycat version of Procter & Gamble’s $1 billion a year osteoporosis drug Actonel (risedronate) in three different doses, ...
FiercePharma

Warner Chilcott Announces FDA Approval of Next Generation Actonel

ARDEE, Ireland, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Chilcott plc (Nasdaq: WCRX) today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Teva Launches Generic Actonel

Teva announced the launch of Risedronate Sodium Tablets, the generic version of Warner Chilcott’s Actonel. Actonel is a bisphosphonate indicated for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in ...
PharmaTimes

Actonel backed for use in men in EU and USA

Sanofi-Aventis has won approval in the USA and Europe to extend the indications for osteoporosis drug Actonel to include men with the disease, a group expected to increase in importance in the ...