Posted by jrbecker76 on October 18, 2007, at 15:58:11
In reply to Re: Agomelatine for Major Depressive Disorder? » cactus, posted by rvanson on October 18, 2007, at 3:48:24
> > > Has anyone used or heard of this new medication, Agomelatine, for major depression?
> > >
> > > It appears to be under clinical trials here in the USA.
> > >
> > > Sounds pretty promising from what little I have read about it on the internets.
> >
> > sorry to tell you this but it's been rejected by the EU and they tend to be very open minded to new drugs, so who knows what the US will do with it. It's sad because it did sound rather promising
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> Yes, it sure does, but I have seen other great meds go down the drain over the last 27 years, mostly due to FDA overcaution issues.
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> The discontinuation of the A/D medication, Merital, in 1985 was a perfect example of this kind of overzealous ruling by the FDA.Agomelatine is still active in Phase III in both the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., Novartis is planning on submitting this for FDA review in mid-to-late 2008. Servier Labs has been hush hush about their plans to re-submit in Europe, but alluded earlier that it would be somewhat of a short timetable in doing so.
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