Specialty pharma
Oriental Farmaceutica Tobramicyn
Oriental launches Oriental Farmaceutica Tobramicyn, the first single dose packed inhalatory tobramicyn.
Oriental Farmaceutica Tobramicyn provides not only efficacy but unique safety to fibrocystic patients. Single dose packaging helps to prevent unwilling contamination as well as active ingredient photodegradation.
Zadaxin
ZADAXIN™ (thymalfasin), is a safe and effective treatment for chronic hepatitis B when used alone or in combination with interferon.
Primary research indicates that ZADAXIN™ may be useful in treating a number of other diseases as well, including hepatitis C, non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, and HIV/AIDS. In addition, ZADAXIN™ is also indicated as a vaccine adjuvant, to enhance the effectiveness of influenza and hepatitis B vaccines. Viral hepatitis B and C, diseases that afflict more than 500 million people worldwide, may lead to the development of liver cancer and cirrhosis.
Filgrastim
Oriental introduces FiIgrastim Duncan.
Filgrastim Duncan is a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) analog used to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of granulocytes, Filgrastim Duncan is used to treat neutropenia, stimulating the bone marrow to increase production of neutrophils. Causes of neutropenia include chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation and it is also used to increase the number of hematopoietic stem cells in the blood before collection by leukapheresis for use in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
