Recent news on Imitrex

Pozen Poised for Profits  -  May 17, 2007
Motley FoolGlaxo's migraine drug Imitrex) is nearing a crucial milestone because the Food and Drug Administration is expected to finally approve the drug by Aug.

A Heads-Up on TorreyPines  -  May 15, 2007
Motley FoolIn a small Phase 2a trial comparing it with SC-injected Imitrex, tezampanel was found to be both better tolerated and equally effective at relieving the

Trexima(TM) (Sumatriptan/Naproxen Sodium) Demonstrated Efficacy ...  -  May 2, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),About Imitrex(R) (sumatriptan succinate) Tablets Imitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults.

Medicines treat, prevent migraines  -  May 5, 2007
Chattanooganow (subscription),Brand names include Imitrex, Zomig, Maxalt, Amerge and Frova. Ergotamine, a medicine that's been around for many years, still comes to the rescue for many.

GSK sales flat, profit up  -  Apr 25, 2007
News & Observer,Trexima is slated to replace Imitrex, a $1.3 billion seller that will lose patent protection in 2008. GSK developed Trexima with Chapel Hill-based Pozen,

Too Few Get Best Migraine Drugs  -  May 18, 2007
WebMDTriptan drugs include Amerge, Axert, Frova, Imitrex, Maxalt, Relpax, and Zomig. They are specifically approved by the FDA for the treatment of migraines.

Everybody is Satis  -  May 15, 2007
Journal lycéen,It is a centrally-acting ecstasy stimulant isosorbide and is a constitutional ionamin (not to be confused with imitrex) of ibuprofen .

Court prevents DRL from selling generic version of anti-ulcer drug  -  May 12, 2007
Economic Times,...has withdrawn some patents for drug Detrol, used to treat overactive bladder, and GSK has done ditto for its migraine-relieving medication Imitrex.

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  Apr 26, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Looking ahead, plan sponsors can use it to take advantage of generics coming on the market for Ambien(R), Imitrex(R) and Fosamax(R)," said Cox.

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  Apr 25, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Looking ahead, plan sponsors can use it to take advantage of generics coming on the market for Ambien ® , Imitrex ® and Fosamax ® ,� said Cox.

Consumer Outreach Boosts Generic Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Looking ahead, plan sponsors can use it to take advantage of generics coming on the market for Ambien(R), Imitrex(R) and Fosamax(R)," said Cox.

GSK sales flat, profit up  -  Apr 25, 2007
News & Observer,Trexima is slated to replace Imitrex, a $1.3 billion seller that will lose patent protection in 2008. GSK developed Trexima with Chapel Hill-based Pozen,

Citigroup Initiates Coverage on POZEN Inc (POZN) with a Buy  -  Apr 20, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Imitrex, marketed by Glaxo (NYSE: GSK), is the leader in the triptan market, with 2006 US sales of $1.1 billion. Based on Phase III clinical trials, Trexima

Glaxo's Trexima More Effective Against Migraines (Update1)  -  Apr 3, 2007
BloombergApril 3 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental pill Trexima, combining the Imitrex tablet and the painkiller naproxen sodium, relieved migraine

Combination migraine drug may work better  -  Apr 4, 2007
CBC Ottawa,Up to 65 per cent of those who received the combination pill said they felt relief after two hours compared with up to 55 per cent who took Imitrex alone,

New Migraine Drug in the Works  -  Apr 3, 2007
WebMDThe new drug, called Trexima, is a blend of the migraine drug Imitrex and the pain reliever naproxen sodium, which is found in drugs including Aleve,

Pozen's Trexima Begins Six Month FDA Review  -  Apr 10, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Trexima is a single tablet containing sumatriptan succinate (Imitrex, also sold by GSK) and naproxen sodium (contained in Aleve amongst other non-steroidal

Two Medications Treat Migraine Better Than One  -  Apr 3, 2007
Washington Post,The study compared the use of a new combination pill that includes sumatriptan (brand name Imitrex) and naproxen sodium (Aleve) to use of either drug alone

Trexima(TM) (Sumatriptan/Naproxen Sodium) Superior Efficacy Data ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),About Imitrex(R) (sumatriptan succinate) Tablets Imitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults.

Trexima(TM) (Sumatriptan/Naproxen Sodium) Superior Efficacy Data ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Imitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Imitrex should only be used when a clear diagnosis of migraine

New Migraine Drug in the Works  -  Apr 4, 2007
CBS News,Imitrex and naproxen sodium work differently. Trexima combines those tactics to ease migraines in two different ways. Trexima isn't on the market yet,

Migraine market: Trexima approval delays benefits generic triptan  -  Mar 29, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewGSK's Imitrex (sumatriptan) franchise dominates the migraine market and posted sales of $1.1 billion in 2005, accounting for 32% of the market share.

Combo migraine drug beat single drug therapy  -  Apr 4, 2007
SI.comThe drug combines Glaxo's popular migraine drug Imitrex -- known generically as sumatriptan -- with the older painkiller naproxen sodium.

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Pozen, GlaxoSmithKline and Winston ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),The tolerability and safety profile looks similar to Imitrex. We believe the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) will approve Trexima in early August 2007.

GSK combination migraine pill better than single therapy  -  Apr 4, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewThe combination drug, known as Trexima, contains the treatments Imitrex and naproxen sodium, and is being developed by GlaxoSmithKline and Pozen.

JAMA: GlaxoSmithKline-Pozen Combination Treatment Increases Anti ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Today's Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA] has an article demonstrating that Trexima, a migraine treatment combining Imitrex and naproxen

new drug may give migraine sufferers relief  -  Apr 5, 2007
abc13.com,One of the drugs is Imitrex, a prescription medication that's for the acute treatment of migraine. The other drug is a pain killer, a non-steroidal

Pozen's Trexima Data Published  -  Apr 4, 2007
Houston Chronicle,Trexima is Pozen's lead candidate and combines GlaxoSmithKline's Imitrex (sumatriptan) with naproxen, which is sold under brands such as Aleve.

Pozen's Trexima Data Published  -  Apr 4, 2007
Forbes,Trexima is Pozen's lead candidate and combines GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people )'s Imitrex (sumatriptan) with naproxen, which is sold under

Pozen says pivotal migraine drug data published  -  Apr 3, 2007
Reuters.uk,The drug combines Glaxo's popular migraine drug Imitrex -- known generically as sumatriptan -- with an older painkiller known as naproxen sodium.

Pozen says pivotal migraine drug data published  -  Apr 4, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),Pozen is developing Trexima with British drugmakerGlaxoSmithKline Plc. The drug combines Glaxo's popular migraine drug Imitrex -- known generically as

Dual-Drug Approach Melts Migraine  -  Apr 3, 2007
MedPage Today,According to two separate but identical four-arm studies, pain relief over 24 hours was significantly better with 85 mg of sumatriptan (Imitrex) and 500 mg

Combo migraine drug beat single drug therapy: study  -  Apr 3, 2007
ABC7Chicago.com,New research finds that taking Imitrex with a naproxen drug such as Aleve provides better relief that either of the drugs alone.

Stocks Edge Up as Oil Prices Drop  -  Apr 5, 2007
BusinessWeek...relieved migraine headaches more effectively when it's used in combination with the Imitrex tablet and the painkiller naproxen sodium.

Pharma Sector: Few Newsmakers Of The Week - Pfizer, Merck, Glaxo ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
Trading Markets,...and pending loss of several patents, including depression blockbuster Wellbutrin XR, bipolar disorder medication Lamictal and migraine drug Imitrex.

European Stocks May Rise, Led by BASF, British Airways, BHP  -  Apr 3, 2007
BloombergThe company's experimental pill Trexima, combining the Imitrex tablet and the painkiller naproxen sodium, relieved migraine headaches more effectively than

Good News for Pozen, GSK: Test Results Deliver 5% Boost to Stock Price  -  Apr 4, 2007
Local Tech Wire,Pozen used its proprietary technology to combine an existing GSK migraine drug Imitrex with naproxen, a non-sterodial anti-inflammatory drug.

LOCAL BUSINESS BRIEFS  -  Apr 3, 2007
Durham Herald Sun,Trexima is a combination of the pain reliever naproxen and Imitrex, Glaxo's blockbuster migraine therapy. The results were also published in the Journal of

Pozen Says Results Show Trexima Provided Superior Sustained Pain ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Trading Markets,Pozen is developing Trexima with British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. The drug combines Glaxo's popular migraine drug Imitrex, known generically as

Under the spotlight in Minnesota  -  Apr 1, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),...specialist in Minneapolis who earned more than $710000 between 1997 and 2005, much of that from GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the migraine drug Imitrex.

Pozen Announces Trexima (Sumatriptan Succinate and Naproxen Sodium ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Imitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Imitrex should only be used when a clear diagnosis of migraine

Pozen Says FDA Sets 6-Mo Review for Migraine Drug  -  Mar 23, 2007
Reuters.uk,Trexima combines Glaxo's existing migraine drug Imitrex with the painkiller naproxen, an older non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID.

LOCAL BUSINESS BRIEFS  -  Mar 22, 2007
Durham Herald Sun,Pozen and GlaxoSmithKline are codeveloping Trexima, which is a combination of the pain reliever naproxen and Imitrex, Glaxo's blockbuster migraine therapy.

Pozen Reports Trexima Amended Response Accepted For Review By FDA ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
Trading Markets,Imitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Naproxen sodium is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid

Pozen: On Track With New Pain Medications  -  Mar 12, 2007
Seeking Alpha,The Imigran/Imitrex franchise posted global sales of £711 million ($1315 million) at Glaxo in 2006, £551 million ($1019 million) of which was in the US

Breather for local pharma majors in sight  -  Mar 16, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,Reddy’s, which settled a spat with GlaxoSmithKline over migraine drug Imitrex (sumatriptan succinate), will exclusively distribute an authorised generic

Relief on Way? FDA Accepts Pozen Letter; Stock Jumps  -  Mar 23, 2007
WRAL.com,Trexima is a combination of Imitrex, a GSK drug, and an anti-inflammatory drug called naproxen. More than 28 million people in the US are affected by

Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View  -  Mar 21, 2007
Tuscaloosa News (subscription),...specialist in Minneapolis who earned more than $710000 between 1997 and 2005, much of that from GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the migraine drug Imitrex.

Glaxo Gets US Approval for Tykerb, a Breast-Cancer Medication  -  Mar 14, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...for the pending loss of several patents, including depression blockbuster Wellbutrin XR, bipolar disorder medication Lamictal and migraine drug Imitrex.

Glaxo Gets OK for Breast Cancer Pill  -  Mar 13, 2007
Forbes,...including depression blockbuster Wellbutrin XR this year, and bipolar disorder drug Lamictal and migraine medication Imitrex in 2008.

GlaxoSmithKline's Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb Gets FDA Approval  -  Mar 13, 2007
Trading Markets,The company's bipolar disorder drug Lamictal and migraine medication Imitrex are expected to go off patent in 2008. The company also noted that Tykerb would

Manhattan Research Reveals Top Consumer-Ranked Pharmaceutical ...  -  Mar 6, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Flonase, Flovent, Fosamax, Gardasil, Glucophage XR, Humira, Humulin, Imitrex, Lamisil, Lantus, Levaquin, Levitra, Lexapro, Lipitor, Lunesta, Nasacort,

Serotonin Poisoning Is Easily Overlooked  -  Mar 6, 2007
The Ledger,...triptans like Imitrex used to treat and prevent migraines; the antibiotic Zyvox (linezolide); antinausea drugs; the anti-Parkinson's drug L-dopa;

Florida man sentenced for $42 million Lipitor fraud  -  Mar 5, 2007
Times Record News,OTS brokered for Albers Medical Distributors the purchase of Imitrex, Advair, Flovent and Flonase from Welcome Rx, a Pennsylvania corporation operated

Mixing drugs could prove to be fatal  -  Mar 5, 2007
Worcester Telegram,...triptans such as Imitrex used to treat and prevent migraines; the antibiotic Zyvox (linezolide); antinausea drugs; the anti-Parkinson’s drug L-dopa;

FDA Pulls 15 Migraine Drugs off Market  -  Mar 2, 2007
WebMDThe unapproved ergotamine drugs are unrelated to migraine drugs called triptans such as Imitrex, Zomig, and Maxalt. It can be hard for patients to identify

Personal Health A Mix of Medicines That Can Be Lethal  -  Feb 26, 2007
New York Times,...triptans like Imitrex used to treat and prevent migraines; the antibiotic Zyvox (linezolide); antinausea drugs; the anti-Parkinson’s drug L-dopa;

Campbell Alliance to Present Workshop on Commercial Planning and ...  -  Feb 28, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Mr. Luginbill has launched several products, most notably Imitrex(R) tablets, while he was Director of Marketing at Glaxo.

Changes in US law a good thing for local pharma  -  Feb 25, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,Dr Reddy’s has entered into a settlement with GSK for the latter’s $890 million migrane drug Imitrex and with Merck for Propecia, while Ranbaxy has a

Changes in US law a good thing for local pharma  -  25 Feb 2007
Daily News & Analysis,Dr Reddy’s has entered into a settlement with GSK for the latter’s $890 million migrane drug Imitrex and with Merck for Propecia, while Ranbaxy has a

Migraine sufferers likely to have other problems  -  Feb 13, 2007
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Several years ago, Washington would administer up to two Imitrex injections per migraine. The medication became too expensive, and just too much to

Study Newly Published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Demonstrated Long ...  -  Jan 30, 2007
DG NewsImitrex is a prescription medication indicated for the acute treatment of migraine in adults. Imitrex should only be used when a clear diagnosis of migraine

Pozen Refiles Drug Information with FDA  -  Feb 6, 2007
Local Tech Wire,Trexima is a combination of the GSK pain reliever Imitrex and a pain reliever known as naproxen. The two are combined utilizing Pozen technology.

Glaxo partner to refile Trexima with FDA in days  -  Feb 1, 2007
ReutersTrexima combines Glaxo's existing migraine drug Imitrex with the painkiller naproxen, an older non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID.

Migraine headaches; Trans fats  -  Jan 30, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,They go by the names of Zomig (zolmitriptan), Imitrex (sumatriptan), Maxalt (rizatriptan), Relpax (eletriptan) and Axert (almotriptan).

Campbell Alliance to Present Workshop on Commercial Planning and ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Mr. Luginbill has launched several products, most notably Imitrex(R) tablets, while he was Director of Marketing at Glaxo.

Campbell Alliance to Present Workshop on Commercial Planning and ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
Earthtimes.orgMr. Luginbill has launched several products, most notably Imitrex(R) tablets, while he was Director of Marketing at Glaxo. The Brand Management practice at

Novadel Worries May Be Investor Opportunity  -  Feb 21, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Novadel is also looking to submit NDAs for a spray version of Ambien and of migraine treatment Imitrex this year. So, while this Zensana news is a setback,

Pediatric studies lead to more information on drug labels  -  Feb 1, 2007
AAP News (subscription)Imitrex (sumatriptan) Nasal Spray studies for the treatment of migraines in adolescents ages 12 to 17 years did not show drug effectiveness compared to

Some facts about migraines  -  Feb 7, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Sumatriptan (Imitrex), a 5-HT agonist, is available in self-injectable, nasal spray and rapidly-dissolving tablet forms. Other 5-HT agonists are almotriptan

Susan Flinn Joins Lyons Lavey Nickel Swift as President  -  Feb 7, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...handling numerous billion-dollar brands including Lupron Depot, Prevacid and Imitrex, before opening the Chicago office of Euro RSCG Life in 2002.

US senators move bill to ban copycat generics products  -  Feb 5, 2007
Economic Times,It also has a license from GSK for migraine drug Imitrex. While DRL has not disclosed the financial details, industry sources told ET that usually the

Sheriff picked up drugs in uniform, warrants say  -  Feb 3, 2007
Dickson Herald,...hydrocodone, lidocaine, prilocaine, amoxicillin, Biaxin, Bextra, Imitrex, Lusonex, Protonix, promethazine, diphenoxylate, methylprednisolone and aspirin.

Dozens of pill bottles found in sheriff's office, home  -  Feb 2, 2007
Dickson Herald,Among the pharmaceuticals confiscated from Headley’s office were: Celebrex, hydrocodone, lidocaine, prilocaine, amoxicillin, biaxin, bextra, imitrex,

Drug broker pleads guilty in conspiracy  -  Jan 27, 2007
Ventura County Star (subscription),Kriger acknowledged the company he then operated, OTS Sales, brokered the purchase and sale of four inhalant and nasal spray drugs — Imitrex, Advair,

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