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MORRISTOWN, N.J., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Actavis Group, an international generic pharmaceuticals company, today announced that it received US FDA approval of Ropinirole Extended-Release Tablets, 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg and 12mg, a generic equivalent to GlaxoSmithKline's Requip® XL. Actavis believes this is the first generic Requip® XL available in the US. Distribution of the product has commenced. Requip® XL, 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg and 12mg, had US sales of approximately $59.4...

BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, when comparing dopamine agonist use for Parkinson's disease, more frequent use of once-daily formulations of Requip (GlaxoSmithKline's Requip, Requip XL/LP/Modutab/RP/Prolib) and Mirapex (Boehringer Ingelheim's Mirapex/Sifrol/Mirapexin; Mirapex ER/Mirapexin ER/Sifrol Retard) occurs in France than in the remaining...

BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues finds that, although increased uptake of currently-available therapies will drive modest $400 million growth in the Parkinson's disease drug market through 2019, generic erosion of key agents will constrain overall market growth in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and Japan. The Pharmacor 2010 findings...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TTNP) today announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the company a grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program supporting the development of a long-term, non-fluctuating dopamine agonist treatment for Parkinson's disease. The first year award in the amount of $300,000 will be available to Titan starting August 1, 2010, and an...

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Boehringer Ingelheim's extended-release formulation of pramipexole (pramipexole ER), which launched late last year in Europe and is expected to launch this year in the United States, will garner peak year sales of $250 to $500 million in the world's major pharmaceutical markets. The Pharmacor finding from the topic entitled...

Overall Market Will Increase by a Modest $300 Million From 2008 to 2018, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that growth in the Parkinson's disease drug market, fueled by the launch of several new therapies through 2018, will be offset by generic erosion of key currently-available agents. As a result, sales of...

Mayo Clinic study identifies at-risk patients A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably compulsive gambling or hypersexuality.The study extends findings from two Mayo case series published in 2005 that reported a connection between dopamine agonist medications and compulsive gambling or hypersexuality.Dopamine agonists are a class of...

Mayo Clinic Study Identifies At-Risk Patients At-A-Glance *Parkinson's drug may cause destructive behaviors *The patients affected are taking a therapeutic dose of the drug *Decreasing the dosage may eliminate the problem ROCHESTER, Minn., April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study conducted at Mayo Clinic reports that one in six patients receiving therapeutic doses of certain drugs for Parkinson's disease develops new-onset, potentially destructive behaviors, notably...

Surveyed Neurologists and PCPs Vary in Their Prescribing Patterns of Levodopa/Carbidopa and Dopamine Agonists, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that second-line patient share of MAO-B inhibitors has increased from 14.1 percent to 35.2 percent since last year's report. Most of this increased patient share...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c84a4e/forecast_insight) has announced the addition of the "Forecast Insight: Parkinson's Disease - Market Upgrade following Evidence of Disease Slowing with Azilect" report to their offering. Stimulated by evidence of disease slowing with Teva/Lundbecks Azilect (rasagiline), and successful reformulation of leading dopamine agonists, the Parkinson's disease market value is set to grow by an compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...