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Article: MultiVu Video Feed: FDA Approves Pfizer's CHANTIX(TM) (varenicline) for Smoking Cessation.
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- May 11, 2006
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First Prescription Medication Approved for Smoking Cessation in Almost a Decade
Trial Results Showed People Had Four Times Greater Odds of Quitting With CHANTIX (1 mg twice daily) vs Placebo and Two Times Greater Odds Versus Zyban(R) (150 mg twice daily)
NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer's anti-smoking pill CHANTIX. CHANTIX, the first prescription medication approved in almost a decade for smoking cessation, received priority review by the FDA because of its potential to be a significant therapeutic advance over existing therapies.
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