First 24-Hour OTC Antihistamine Allergy Medication Cleared for Marketing by FDA.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1994--ALZA Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AZA) Monday announced that Efidac 24 Chlorpheniramine (chlorpheniramine maleate extended release tablets), the first over-the-counter (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). ) 24-hour antihistamine antihistamine (ăn'tĭhĭs`təmēn), any one of a group of compounds having various chemical structures and characterized by the ability to antagonize the effects of histamine. allergy medication, has been cleared for marketing by the United States Food and Drug Administration United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), n.pr a unit of the Public Health Service created to protect the health of the nation against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics. . This new allergy medication utilizes ALZA's proprietary OROS OROS Operating Return On Sales OROS Oregon Radiation Oncology Society controlled-release technology. Efidac 24 Chlorpheniramine delivers the drug chlorpheniramine maleate for 24-hour relief from allergy symptoms, including runny nose, sneezing, itching of the nose and throat, and itchy, watery eyes. Efidac 24 Chlorpheniramine, which was developed by ALZA on behalf of the former ALZA OROS Products Limited Partnership, will be manufactured by ALZA and marketed in the United States by CIBA Consumer Pharmaceuticals (CCP (Certified Computer Professional) The award for successful completion of a comprehensive examination on computers offered by the ICCP. See ICCP and certification. . 1. (language) CCP - Concurrent Constraint Programming. 2. ), a division of CIBA-GEIGY Corp. CCP will be launching the product in time for the spring 1995 allergy season. Efidac 24 Chlorpheniramine is the second product to be cleared for marketing in a group of OROS cold/allergy/sinus products based on ALZA's OROS technology that will be marketed by CCP under a licensing agreement with ALZA. Efidac 24 Pseudoephedrine pseudoephedrine /pseu·do·ephed·rine/ (-e-fed´rin) one of the optical isomers of ephedrine; used as the hydrochloride or sulfate salt as a nasal decongestant. pseu·do·e·phed·rine n. , an OTC 24-hour nasal decongestant launched in 1993, was the first of these products to be cleared for marketing. Efidac 24 Chlorpheniramine is based on ALZA's OROS system which relies on the principle of osmosis to make drug administration precise and consistent. The tablet has an outer coating of active medication that is released immediately, providing fast relief. Then, water from the digestive tract is drawn through a semi-permeable, rate-controlling membrane by osmosis, dissolving the inner core of medication. This dissolved medication is released at a controlled rate through tiny, laser-drilled holes. ALZA Corp. is a leading drug delivery systems company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of therapeutic systems that improve the medical and economic value of drugs. ALZA's therapeutic systems provide rate-controlled administration of medication for both human and veterinary applications. CONTACT: ALZA Corp. Dawn Guthart, 415/494-5222 |
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