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Lyrica matches UCB drug in Pfizer's latest epilepsy trial
Pfizer's attempts to prove Lyrica effective as an epilepsy treatment have delivered mixed results. Just three months ago, the controlled-release formula failed a Phase III trial in adults with epilepsy. But now, the company has unveiled new data showing that Lyrica capsules matched the UCB seizure drug Keppra at reducing a common type of seizures in epilepsy patients.
Pfizer whiffs in PhIII study with controlled-release Lyrica
The study, which tested the formulation as a once-a-day therapy, missed its main goal of changing seizure frequency compared with placebo.
As Lipitor gets more rivals, Lyrica studies fall short
Pfizer's mission to expand Lyrica use just hit a couple of roadblocks.
Pfizer halts epilepsy study on Lyrica efficacy
What does Big Pharma like better than a blockbuster? A bigger blockbuster. And that's just what Pfizer ( $PFE ) might find in its pain and seizure drug Lyrica. Based on early efficacy data, the company
Pfizer's Lyrica performs in Japanese fibromyalgia trial
Pfizer has racked up some positive data for Lyrica in Japan. A new study found that fibromyalgia patients saw a statistically significant reduction in their mean pain score after treatment with
Pfizer data could mean new use for Lyrica
Might Lyrica get yet another indication? As Motley Fool notes, the Pfizer drug just passed a trial for neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. No detailed data was released, but beating out
Pfizer, Eisai recast marketing partnership
Call it a win-win deal. Pfizer and Eisai have restructured their Aricept partnership and entered a new co-promotion deal on Lyrica . The deals ward off a court battle over the Alzheimer's treatment
Fibromyalgia grants raise eyebrows
Is fibromyalgia for real? The question keeps popping up, despite the protests of patient advocates and drugmakers alike. Their contention: That they are educating the public in general and medicine
Depression drugs curb fibromyalgia symptoms
Taking an antidepressant might help assuage the symptoms of fibromyalgia, a new study finds, but experts caution that does not mean that depression is the cause of the condition. Fibromyalgia
FDA finalizing epilepsy black-box warnings
Stringent epilepsy drug black-box labeling is likely to worry consumers and drug manufacturers alike, and will bring the total of drugs with a suicide risk warning up to about 35. The new warnings
