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Article: BI sponsors RLS web site for World Sleep Day.
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- Pharma Marketletter
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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German drug major Boehringer Ingelheim, which markets pramipexole under the brand names Mirapexin, Sifrol, Pexola and Mirapex for moderate-to-severe idiopathic restless legs syndrome, is supporting an on-line initiative to increase public awareness about the condition.
In a statement, the Ingelheim-based drugmaker said: "the web site www.rlsunderthecovers.com brings together leading medical experts in the field of restless legs syndrome who have undertaken to explain key facts and symptoms of this condition, which affects people's sleep pattern, their ability to perform tasks which require longer periods of immobility, and negatively impacts patients' quality of ...