Article: FDA approves treatment for use in bed-wetting; DDAVP(R) receives new indication for nocturnal enuresis.

FDA APPROVES TREATMENT FOR USE IN BED-WETTING;

DDAVP(R) RECEIVES NEW INDICATION FOR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rorer Pharmaceutical Corp., a subsidiary of Rorer Group Inc. (NYSE: ROR), approval to market DDAVP(R) Nasal Spray (desmopressin acetate) for the treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting).

"For years, physicians have been unable to pinpoint the exact cause of bed-wetting," according to Kenneth Miller, M.D., pediatric nephrologist and enuresis specialist at Lutheran General Children's Medical Center, Park Ridge, Ill. "For the 7 ...

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