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. 2009 Nov;8(11):843-4.
doi: 10.1038/nrd3027.

Asenapine

Herbert Y Meltzer  1 , Argyris Dritselis, Uma Yasothan, Peter Kirkpatrick
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Asenapine

Herbert Y Meltzer et al. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

In August 2009, asenapine (Saphris; Schering-Plough) was approved by the US FDA for the acute treatment of schizophrenia and manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults.

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