CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE INC
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Forest Laboratories and Cypress Bioscience Announce Study Shows Patients Treated with Savella Experience Improvements in Pain and Physical Function

2009-10-17 17:00 ET - News Release

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Phase III Data to be Presented at American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting Further Demonstrate Efficacy and Safety of Savella for the Management of Fibromyalgia


NEW YORK & SAN DIEGO -- (Business Wire)

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYPB) today announced that Savella® (milnacipran HCI) 100 mg/day (50 mg twice daily) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful concurrent improvements in pain, patient global assessment, and physical function, according to results from a large-scale, Phase III clinical trial that will be presented on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. 100 mg/day is the recommended dose of Savella. Savella is a selective serotonin and norepinephrine dual reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year for the management of fibromyalgia.

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