Article: 'Proventil Repetabs,' Schering-Plough's new asthma product, is approved for marketing in United States.

Article: Proventil, Proventil repetabs: Pediatric use ...
Formulary;  April 1, 1998 ;     396 words ... ... beta2 agonist for treatment of bronchospasm Albuterol sulfate and extended-release albuterol sulfate (Proventil and Proventil Repetabs Tablets, Schering Corp), beta^sub 2^-adrenergic bronchodilators, are now approved for the treatment ...

Article: Proventil
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      162 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 Proventil, trademark for a drug to expand the breathing tubes (albuterol). The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia ...

Article: Public Citizen wants wider probe of Proventil problems
Drug Topics;  March 19, 2001 ;     302 words ... ... outside auditors and the FDA's own inspectors found numerous production problems that have led to the recall of 59 million Proventil (albuterol) asthma inhalers in the past 15 months because many lacked the active ingredient. The company said it has committed ...

Article: Drug firm penalty largest ever
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... agreed to recall two drugs used to treat asthma -- Proventil Repetabs and theophylline -- because tests showed they may ... Recall two drugs used to treat asthma -- Proventil Repetabs and theophylline. -- Stop making dozens of older ...

Article: Schering-Plough Enters Into Consent Decree, Issues Statement & ...
Biomedical Market Newsletter;  May 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... lots of theophylline, USP tablets and Proventil (albuterol sulfate, USP) Repetabs. Proventil inhalers are not affected by the recall ... theophylline products in June 2001 and that Proventil Repetabs have not been available since July 2001 ...

Article: SCHERING IS FINED $500M
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... It is recalling from wholesalers the asthma products theophylline and Proventil Repetabs, which have not been available from the company since last summer. Proventil inhalers are not affected by the recall, the company said. Schering ...

Article: Schering's failure to fix six items from Jan. 2001 audit could ...
Inspection Monitor;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the firm had not corrected the process used to make Proventil Repetabs, which was not validated in that "28% of the finished ... not correct an aerosol manufacturing process for its Proventil/Albuterol product as investigators found that one ...