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New medicines on the market
ADHD: Medikinet
Athlete's foot: Lamisil once
Bacterial conjunctivitis: Optrex infected eyes
Diabetes: Exubera
Diabetes type 2: Byetta
Diabetes type 2: Januvia
Fungal nail infections: Curanail
Grass pollen allergy: Grazax
HIV infection: Prezista
Human papillomavirus vaccine: Gardasil
Kidney cancer: Nexavar
Kidney cancer: Sutent
Leukaemia: Sprycel
Low sex drive in women with surgically induced menopause: Intrinsa patches
Migraine: Imigran recovery
Obesity: Acomplia
Paget's disease of bone: Aclasta
Smoking cessation: Champix
Urinary incontinence: Emselex

Medicines with updated information
Abilify - new cautions and interactions
Actonel once a week - now licensed for men
Actos - can now be used with insulin
Anti-HIV medicines - new warning about osteonecrosis
Avastin - now licensed for breast and lung cancer
Cipramil - pregnancy information updated
Cipralex - now licensed for OCD
Evista - new cautions regarding risk of stroke
Forsteo - now licensed for men
Humira - now licensed for Crohn's disease
Lyrica - new caution in heart failure
Lyrinel XL - now licensed for use in children
Novonorm (repaglinide) - rebranded as Prandin
Prexige - new information about liver side effects and use in liver disorders
Prozac - now licensed for treating depression in children
Symbicort - now licensed for maintenance and reliever therapy
Tarceva - now licensed for pancreatic cancer
Taxotere - now licensed for head and neck cancer
Zyban - new interactions


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