Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for August 2009

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

Drug discovery: aiming for the moon? Drug discovery: aiming for the moon?

Forty years ago men landed on, and walked on, the moon.

The European Commission approves Samsca, an oral vasopressin antagonist for hyponatraemia secondary to SIADH The European Commission approves Samsca, an oral vasopressin antagonist for hyponatraemia secondary to SIADH

The European Commission has approved the Marketing Authorisation Application for Otsuka's oral once-daily medication Samsca™ (tolvaptan), a selective V2-vasopressin receptor antagonist, for the treatment of hyponatraemia secondary to SIADH in adults.