EU approves Otsuka/Lundbeck's Abilify Maintena

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The European Commission has given the green light to Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co and Lundbeck’s Abilify Maintena for schizophrenia.

Abilify Maintena is a once-monthly, long-acting injectable version of the oral blockbuster Abilify (aripiprazole). Specifically it has been approved as maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in adults stabilised with oral aripiprazole.

http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/13-11-21/EU_approves_Otsuka_Lundbeck_s_Abilify_Maintena.aspx

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New once-monthly treatment for schizophrenia, ABILIFY MAINTENA™ (aripiprazole for prolonged release injectable suspension), now available in Canada

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1894576#ixzz319mZAk9A

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@BarbieBF do you know of
any means to find out if this injectable will be available in South Africa any time soon?

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I can’t find any reference to it. Hopefully that will change soon.