Article: FDA Approves ABILIFY(TM) (Aripiprazole) Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Maintaining Stability in Patients With Schizophrenia; - Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of ABILIFY Was Maintained for Up to 26 Weeks in Placebo-Controlled Study -.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) approved a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ABILIFY(TM) (aripiprazole) for maintaining stability in patients with schizophrenia.

"Because schizophrenia is a chronic illness that requires ongoing treatment, it is important for physicians, consumers and family members to have information regarding the longer-term use of medication," said Dr. Peter Weiden, Director of the Schizophrenia Research Program and Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. "These data demonstrate that ABILIFY is efficacious in the ...

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 change from baseline of -0.5 kg (-1.10 lbs) and 3.7% of patients 
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<23; +1.4 kg (+3.08 lbs) and 19% in patients with BMI 23-27; and -1.2 kg (-2.64 lbs) and 8% in patients with BMS>

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