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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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