Santarus Announces Presentation of UCERIS Phase III Extended Use Data at Digestive Disease Week Meeting - Yahoo Finance

Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS - News) today announced that safety and efficacy data from a Phase III, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled 12 month extended use study with the investigational drug UCERIS ™ (budesonide) 6 mg tablets ...

Initiating Azathioprine for Crohn's Disease: Recommendations - Medscape News

The patient began therapy with a tapering course of budesonide (9 mg/d × 8 wk, 6 mg/d × 4 wk, 3 mg/d × 4 wk) and AZA at 75 mg/d (1.1 mg/kg). Methotrexate was avoided because of the patient's interest in becoming pregnant when her CD is in remission.

PULMICORT RESPULES - Monthly Prescribing Reference

Budesonide (micronized) 0.25mg/2mL, 0.5mg/2mL, 1mg/2mL; susp for inhalation. Use jet nebulizer; do not mix with other drugs. <6months: not recommended. 6–12months: see literature. 12months–8yrs: Previously on bronchodilators alone: 0.5mg/day once daily ...

Asthma drugs: What every parent should know - Philadelphia Daily News

Preventive asthma medications include inhaled corticosteroids such as fluticasone (Flovent) and budesonide (Pulmicort). (Others include Asmanex, Azmacort, Dulera, Foradil and Qvar). If your child or teen’s asthma is harder to control, your doctor may ...

Santarus To Present Safety And Efficacy Data From Phase III Trials Of UCERIS - RTT News

which utilizes proprietary MMX multi-matrix system technology and is designed to result in the controlled release and distribution of budesonide throughout the length of the colon.

Steroid Nasal Sprays Show Small Benefit for Sinusitis: Study - YAHOO!

No chronic sinusitis patients were included, and all studies explored the potential benefit of three types of corticosteroid nasal sprays: budesonide (Rhinocort), fluticasone propionate (Flonase, Flovent) and mometasone furoate (Nasonex). In five of the ...

Steroids cut sinus infection symptoms slightly - msnbc.com

Nearly 2,500 people participated in the trials. The steroids included budesonide, which goes by the brand name Rhonicort Aqua, fluticasone propionate, which includes the brand name Flonase, and mometasone furoate, whose brand name is Nasonex.

Initiating Azathioprine for Crohn's Disease: The Problem - Medscape News

In this case, AZA was chosen as a maintenance therapy for mild to moderate inflammatory ileal CD in combination with a tapering course of budesonide induction therapy. Challenges for the physician and patient include an informed discussion of risks and ...

Santarus to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference - StreetInsider.com

Santarus has a diverse product development pipeline. A New Drug Application for UCERIS™ (budesonide) tablets for induction of remission of mild to moderate active ulcerative colitis is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with a response ...

Buyout Options Gaining a Foothold in Deals Means that More than the Price Is Right - Genetic Engineering News

Meritage is developing a treatment for oral budesonide suspension (OBS). ViroPharma paid an initial $7.5 million plus another $12.5 million toward OBS development up to the Phase II stage and for the right to buy Meritage. After ViroPharma ...