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Article: FDA Approves RISPERDAL(R) to Treat Adolescents with Schizophrenia and Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Mania.
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- August 22, 2007
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TITUSVILLE, N.J., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved RISPERDAL(R) (risperidone) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents ages 13-17 and for the short-term treatment of bipolar mania associated with manic or mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents ages 10-17.
This approval is based on studies involving more than 430 adolescents, ages 13-17, in the treatment of schizophrenia and 160 children and adolescents, ages 10-17, for the short-term treatment of bipolar mania associated with manic or mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder.
RISPERDAL is marketed in the U.S. by Janssen, ...