The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1545
ISSUE 1545
April 23, 2018
Issue 1545
- Deutetrabenazine (Austedo) for Huntington's Chorea and Tardive Dyskinesia
- Ibalizumab-uiyk (Trogarzo) for Multidrug-Resistant HIV
- Ertugliflozin for Type 2 Diabetes
- Nebulized Glycopyrrolate (Lonhala Magnair) for COPD
- Brigatinib (Alunbrig) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (online only)
- Copanlisib (Aliqopa) for Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma (online only)
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Deutetrabenazine (Austedo) for Huntington's Chorea and Tardive Dyskinesia
April 23, 2018 (Issue: 1545)
The FDA has approved deutetrabenazine (Austedo –
Teva), a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2)
inhibitor, for treatment of chorea associated with
Huntington's disease and, more recently, for treatment
of tardive dyskinesia in adults. It is...more
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