Saturday, August 18, 2007

Novartis - Reclast: this is my once a year day!

Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Friday it had won U.S. approval to sell the first once-a-year treatment for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.

The drug, Reclast, is administered annually in a 15-minute infusion for women with post-menopausal osteoporosis.

It will compete with osteoporosis pills that are taken daily, weekly or monthly.

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