Friday, October 10, 2008

Takeda - alogliptin: delay.....hmmm!

Takeda, Japan's biggest drugmaker, said on Friday that U.S. health authorities have not been able to complete a review of alogliptin or SYR-322, which is critical to Takeda's mainstay diabetes business as it is expected to be the main replacement for its best-selling Actos.

Actos generates almost 30 percent of Takeda's sales but loses U.S. patent protection in 2011.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Maybe it has more to do with the serious problems caused by sitagliptin - i.e., severe joint pain experienced by many consumers.