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Forest switches to Namenda XR ahead of patent expiry

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Forest Laboratories will not wait for generic competition to cut into its Namenda (memantine) sales in 2015; the company will pull the twice-daily pills from the market in August to boost physician and patient uptake for the extended-release version of the Alzheimer's drug.

Forest Laboratories will not wait for generic competition to cut into its Namenda (memantine) sales in 2015; the company will pull the twice-daily pills from the market in August to boost physician and patient uptake for the extended-release version of the Alzheimer's drug.

New York-based Forest said after the stock market closed on 14 February that it will discontinue sales of Namenda tablets effective 15 August and focus its marketing efforts on Namenda...

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