Recent news on Galantamine

Alzheimer's Treatments and Medications  -  May 19, 2007
HealthCentral.com,The three most commonly prescribed cholinesterase inhibitors are donepezil (approved in 1996), rivastigmine (approved in 2000), and galantamine (approved in

New Claims For Banned Alzheimer's Drugs  -  May 15, 2007
Sky News,Their research showed that patients prescribed donepezil, rivastagmine and galantamine had 70% fewer of the proteins linked to brain plaques associated with

Alzheimer's drug's impact hailed  -  May 14, 2007
BBC News,Post-mortem examinations were done on 12 patients who took part in UK trials of the drugs - donepezil, rivastigmine, tacrine and galantamine.

Drugs 'have Alzheimer's benefits'  -  May 14, 2007
Channel 4 News,Patients prescribed donepezil, rivastagmine and galantamine were found to have 70% fewer of the proteins linked to brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's

Barr Receives Tentative Approval For A Generic Version Of Razadyne ...  -  May 12, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Barr filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Janssen's Razadyne (Galantamine Hydrobromide), 4mg,

Alzheimer's Society: "Unethical" for drugs to be denied  -  May 15, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,The cholinesterase drugs donepezil, rivastagmine and galantamine work by protecting the communication process between brain cells from plaques and tangles

Market Report -- In Play (BRL)  -  May 11, 2007
MSN Money...approval from the FDA for its generic version of Janssen Pharmaceutica Products's Razadyne(Galantamine Hydrobromide), 4mg, 8mg and 12mg Tablets.

Alzheimer's Drug Moving Ahead Positively, Boosting Elan's Stock  -  May 21, 2007
BioWorld Online,Reminyl (galantamine, from Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc) and Namenda (memantine, from Forest Laboratories Inc.). All treat disease symptoms,

Dutch flower growers aim to keep up with the times  -  May 17, 2007
Hortinews.com,..."The roots and the bulbs are very clean, the clean bulbs are necessary to prepare galantamine," he said, referring to the substance found in daffodils used

Research Reveals Benefits Of Dementia Drugs In The Brain  -  May 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The cholinesterase drugs, donepezil, rivastagmine and galantamine work by protecting the communication process between brain cells.

Shire Welcomes Early Date for Judicial Review of NICE Decision on ...  -  May 10, 2007
Earthtimes.orgIn the UK and Ireland, Shire markets REMINYL(R) (galantaminehydrobromide) and REMINYL XL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) anacetylcholinesterase inhibitor that

Invited commentary on ... Cardiovascular monitoring with ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Adv Psychiatric Treat (subscription)...on cardiovascular screening when using the three licensed acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine) is very timely,

Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG receives  -  Apr 24, 2007
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),The company is the exclusive supplier to Janssen-Cilag of synthetically manufactured galantamine - a substance used in a leading Alzheimer's drug.

Dutch flower growers aim to keep pace with the times  -  Apr 22, 2007
Reuters Canada,..."The roots and the bulbs are very clean, the clean bulbs are necessary to prepare galantamine," he said, referring to the substance found in daffodils used

Canadian Study Shows Treatment For Alzheimer's Disease Can ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),1 - Rockwood K, Fay S, Jarrett P, Asp E. Effect of galantamine on verbal repetition in AD: a secondary analysis of the VISTA trial. Neurology.

SHIRE PLC - 1st Quarter Results  -  Apr 25, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...(mesalamine) REMINYL® (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic of Ireland) REMINYL XL? (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic of Ireland) REPLAGAL®

Judicial Review of NICE decision  -  Mar 29, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),In the UK and Ireland, Shire markets REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) and REMINYL XL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

NICE faces legal challenge  -  Mar 27, 2007
Healthcare Equipment and Supplies,The decision involves three drugs: donepezil; rivastigmine; and galantamine. NICE had proposed to restrict their use since March 2005 but it wasn’t until

Treating Alzheimer's Disease  -  Apr 12, 2007
Market-Day.net,These medications, which includedonepezil hydrochloride (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl), and rivastigmine(Exelon), may temporarily improve memory and

Judicial Review of NICE decision  -  Mar 27, 2007
Earthtimes.orgIn the UK and Ireland, Shire markets REMINYL(R) (galantaminehydrobromide) and REMINYL XL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) anacetylcholinesterase inhibitor that

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms After Treatment With ...  -  Feb 16, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)At one point, he had been on a brief trial of galantamine, but had stopped this medication after 8 days due to the side effect of sedation.

Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG  -  Feb 5, 2007
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),For targeted application to painful skin areas the active principle, galantamine had been formulated in a semi-liquid gel using a patented procedure.

DGAP-News: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG: European patent awarded ...  -  Feb 14, 2007
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Sanochemia is the exclusive supplier to Janssen-Cilag of synthetic galantamine - a substance used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Missing papers upset routine for 2 Sundays  -  Feb 5, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),Now, however, a research firm called Alzeim, in Powys, has found that these daffodils contain a compound called galantamine that can be extracted and used

DGAP-News: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG: Q1 report / revenues rise ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Liposomal galantamine and PVP hypericin remain the company's most promising development projects for out-licensing. A central focus of activities in the

SHIRE PLC: Final Results  -  Feb 20, 2007
FinanzNachrichten.de,LODINE ® (etodolac) MEZAVANT ™ (mesalamine) REMINYL® (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic of Ireland) REMINYL XL™ (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK

Shire plc: On Time Execution of Operating Plan Delivers Strong ...  -  Feb 20, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),MEZAVANT (TM) (mesalamine) REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic of Ireland) REMINYL XL(TM) (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and Republic

Campaigners back court challenge on Alzheimer's drug  -  Feb 7, 2007
Norwich Evening News,The watchdog ruled in 2005 that drugs including Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Reminyl (galantamine) should not be prescribed for patients

Plane Crash Kills Renowned Alzheimer's Researcher  -  Feb 6, 2007
Associated Content,Those drugs are Tacrine (Cognex), donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), galantamine (Razadyne), and memantine (Namenda).

Alzheimer's disease: physicians do not always practice what NICE ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review...and fall into two categories: acetycholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) including Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Razadyne (galantamine),

Wisconsin Woodsmoke -- Opposite directions  -  Jan 12, 2007
Rhinelander Daily News,A compound, known as galantamine, that is extracted from daffodils and other plants is used in high-end prescription drugs to slow the development of

Battle for Alzheimer's drugs goes to court  -  Jan 9, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,In November, Nice ruled that three Alzheimer's drugs — donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigimine (Exelon) — should not be used for new

Eisai takes NICE to High Court over Alzheimer's review  -  Jan 8, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),...drugs Reminyl (galantamine) and Exelon (rivastigmine) respectively, also rejected by NICE for patients with newly-diagnosed, mild Alzheimer's disease.

Few Alzheimer's treatments now and no cure ... yet  -  Dec 29, 2006
Daily Home Online,Rivastigmine, which is also called Exelon and galantamine, which is called Razadyne, are two drugs approved to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.

DGAP-News: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG boosts sales revenues and ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
Financial.de,The top-sellers continue to be synthesis products such as galantamine and torsemide. The R&D division reports its first substantial contribution to group

NICE SCIE guideline to improve care of people with dementia  -  Dec 7, 2006
Xagena.it,It recommends that Donepezil, Galantamine and Rivastigmine may be offered to a small number of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies if these symptoms are

Is NICE facing more days in court?  -  Nov 30, 2006
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Under its latest technology appraisal, NICE said that only patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease can be treated with donezepil (Aricept), galantamine

Bibliography PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Cummings JL, Schneider L, Tariot PN, Kershaw PR, Yuan W: Reduction of behavioral disturbances and caregiver distress by galantamine in patients with

Shire plc: IFRS Information - First Half of 2006  Sep 18, 2006
...system) ELAPRASE(TM) (idursulfase) FOSRENOL® (lanthanum carbonate) LODINE® (etodolac) MESAVANCE(TM) (mesalamine) REMINYL® (galantamine hydrobromide)(UK and ... -Yahoo! News

Shire plc: IFRS Information - First Half of 2006  Sep 18, 2006
...system) ELAPRASE(TM) (idursulfase) FOSRENOL(R) (lanthanum carbonate) LODINE(R) (etodolac) MESAVANCE(TM) (mesalamine) REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide)(UK ... -PR Newswire

Pfizer and TransTech enter deal that’s all the RAGE  Sep 21, 2006
Treatments include the Cholinesterase inhibitors including donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine (Exelon) and NMDA receptor antagonists ... -LabTechnologist.com

Are All Dementias Alzheimer's?  Sep 18, 2006
These acetylcholisterase inhibitors, namely galantamine, rivastigmine, and donepezil, are aimed at improving the cholinergic functioning in the brain by ... -American Chronicle

DGAP-News: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG: Nine-month report 2005/06  Aug 28, 2006
Due to the one-off prepayment linked to the production and delivery of galantamine in the amount of TEUR8,823 - to be spread over a number of years - the ... -Financial.de

Big Pharma holds drug and advocacy groups hostage  Sep 1, 2006
...by the pharmacist: how to take the drug, expected side effects and so on for drugs such as Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Reminyl (galantamine ... -Common Ground.ca

Your health  Aug 24, 2006
...patients: 1. Cholinesterase inhibitors including donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine (Exelon). 3. Neuroleptics ... -Sur

NICE SCIE guideline to improve care of people with dementia  -  Dec 7, 2006
Xagena.it,It recommends that Donepezil, Galantamine and Rivastigmine may be offered to a small number of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies if these symptoms are

DGAP-News: Sanochemia Pharmazeutika AG boosts sales revenues and ...  -  Dec 5, 2006
Financial.de,The top-sellers continue to be synthesis products such as galantamine and torsemide. The R&D division reports its first substantial contribution to group

Is NICE facing more days in court?  -  Nov 30, 2006
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Under its latest technology appraisal, NICE said that only patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease can be treated with donezepil (Aricept), galantamine

Shire Expresses Disappointment at the Publication of the NICE ...  -  Nov 21, 2006
Drug Newswire (press release),In the UK and Ireland, Shire markets REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) and REMINYL XL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide), an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

NICE to allow scrips for mild Alzheimer's  -  Nov 23, 2006
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),The clinical guideline on dementia says that donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine can be given to patients with mild Alzheimer's if symptoms cause

Will science or money control dementia drugs?  -  Nov 19, 2006
Scotsman,These drugs - Aricept (donepezil), Exelon (rivastigmine) and Reminyl (galantamine)... The full article contains 952 words and appears in The Scotsman

Challenge to dementia drug ruling  -  Nov 16, 2006
ic SouthLondon.co.uk,...sufferers with early or late-stage Alzheimer's disease should not have access to Aricept (donepezil), Reminyl (galantamine) or Exelon (rivastigmine).

Alzheimer's drug decision challenge  -  Nov 17, 2006
Healthcare Today,...mild Alzheimer's disease should not be prescribed the drugs, which include donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine, produced by Eisai and Pfizer.

Challenge to dementia drug ruling  -  Nov 16, 2006
Bradford Telegraph,...that sufferers with early or late-stage Alzheimer's disease should not have access to Aricept (donepezil), Reminyl (galantamine) or Exelon (rivastigmine).

Experts Support The Continual Prescribing Of Ebixa (memantine) For ...  -  Nov 22, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Implementation of the NICE guidance on donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: Position statement by

NICE SCIE Guideline to Improve Care of People with Dementia  -  Nov 22, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),The guideline incorporates the Institute's recommendation that donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine should only be prescribed for people with moderate

Bibliography PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY  -  Dec 6, 2006
Focus (subscription)Cummings JL, Schneider L, Tariot PN, Kershaw PR, Yuan W: Reduction of behavioral disturbances and caregiver distress by galantamine in patients with

Dementia care should be improved  -  Nov 22, 2006
Healthcare Today,...over its decision to deny people with early or late-stage Alzheimer's disease access to donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine.

Campaign attacks health watchdog  -  Nov 21, 2006
Yorkshire Post Today,...its decision to deny early or late-stage Alzheimer's disease patients Aricept (donepezil), Reminyl (galantamine) or Exelon (rivastigmine) on the NHS.

Furore over who gets Alzheimer's drug in the UK  -  Nov 20, 2006
News-Medical.net,Other drugs which will be restricted to patients with moderate symptoms are Reminyl (galantamine) and Exelon (rivastigmine). Another drug, Ebixa (memantine)

Secrecy over NHS drug rationing faces court challenge  -  Nov 17, 2006
Times Online,NICE’s rejection of three Alzheimer’s drugs — donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine (Excelon) — provoked widespread anger among

Drugs watchdog faces legal review  -  Nov 16, 2006
BBC News,NICE ruled NHS patients with newly diagnosed, mild Alzheimer's disease should not be prescribed donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine.

Secrecy over NHS drug rationing faces court challenge  -  Nov 16, 2006
Times Online,NICE’s rejection of three Alzheimer’s drugs, donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine (Excelon) provoked widespread anger among patients,

New hope in the Alzheimer's drugs battle  -  Nov 17, 2006
Norwich Evening News,Alzheimer's should not have access to Aricept (donepezil), Reminyl (galantamine) or Exelon (rivastigmine) - prompting today's protest in the city.



Apathy and Its Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease and Other ...  May 5, 2006
A few studies also indicate that galantamine (Razadyne) and rivastigmine (Exelon) may also have beneficial neuropsychiatric effects (Birks et al., 2000). ... - Psychiatric Times

Neuropsychiatry: A Renaissance  May 9, 2006
The dosages, risks, and benefits of the currently available cholinesterase inhibitors—donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine—and the N-methyl D-aspartate ... - Psychiatric Times

Innovations: Geriatric Psychiatry: Diagnosis and Treatment of ...  May 10, 2006
Galantamine has been shown to delay the onset of behavioral and psychological symptoms among patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease in one placebo ... - Psychiatric Services (subscription)

Is Long-Term Treatment With Cholinesterase Inhibitors Justified? ...  Apr 21, 2006
...mean score changes from baseline over 6 months on the AD Assessment Scale cognitive subscale (ADAS-cog) in a study that evaluated galantamine against placebo ... - DG News

Shire Announces Good Start to the Year and Guidance Reaffirmed  Apr 27, 2006
R) (lanthanum carbonate) GENE-ACTIVATED(R) (glucocerebrosidase) LODINE (R) (etodolac) MESAVANCE(TM) (mesalamine) REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and ... - PR Newswire





Discovery suggests new inflammation treatment approach  Apr 4, 2006
The research team plans to test galantamine, a drug whose active ingredient was first extracted from a plant and is now synthesized in the laboratory, which ... - DrugResearcher.com

Alzheimer's expert says cuts will hurt  Apr 5, 2006
...treatment. He said research had shown significant improvements when treated with the drugs donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine. ... - ic Huddersfield.co.uk

Eleven Deaths during ARICEPT Trial Raises Concern over FDA ...  Mar 20, 2006
August 5, 2005). Those drugs were donepezil (ARICEPT), rivastigmine (EXELON), and galantamine (REMINYL). The conclusion reached ... - Newsinferno.com

Alzheimer's hits a century, not out  Mar 31, 2006
One source of Pearce's frustration is that GPs are unable to prescribe donezepil, or the other Alzheimer's drugs galantamine (Reminyl) and rivastigmine (Exelon ... - Australian

West Florida to offer 'Alzheimer's 101: What Caregivers Need to ...  Mar 10, 2006
However, four FDA-approved drugstacrine, donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine--may temporarily improve or stabilize memory and thinking skills in some ... - Gulf Breeze News



Shire plc: Strong 2005 Performance Supports Positive Outlook  Feb 23, 2006
FOSRENOL(R) (lanthanum carbonate) GA-GCB(R) (gene-activated) LODINE (R) (etodolac) MESAVANCE(TM) (mesalamine) REMINYL(R) (galantamine hydrobromide) (UK and ... - PR Newswire,

Evotec completes Phase I component for Alzheimer’s drug  Feb 8, 2006
...the global market. Novartis's Exelon and Ortho-McNeil's Razadyne/Reminyl (galantamine) share the remainder. The worldwide Alzheimer's ... - In-PharmaTechnologist.com,

Improving Alzheimer’s treatment  Feb 6, 2006
...development of a class of drugs known as cholinesterase inhibitors, for example, donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon) and galantamine (Razadyne, formerly ... - San Bernardino Sun,

Drug Side Effects Can Befuddle Elderly  Feb 1, 2006
...into mild cognitive impairment has been to slow the progress to dementia with pro-cholinergic drugs, such as Aricept (donepezil) or Reminyl (galantamine). ... - CNN

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