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May 21, 2009

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Tokyo, Japan and Princeton, N.J. May 21, 2009 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (OPC) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC) announced today that 1xbet 다운로드 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SAMSCATM (tolvaptan) as 1xbet 다운로드 only oral selective vasopressin antagonist for 1xbet 다운로드 treatment of patients with clinically significant hypervolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia (serum sodium less than 125 mEq/L, or less marked hyponatremia that is symptomatic and has resisted correction with fluid restriction) including patients with heart failure, cirrhosis, and 1xbet 다운로드 syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH). Patients requiring urgent treatment to raise serum sodium to prevent or to treat serious neurological deficits should not be treated with SAMSCA. Additionally, it has not been established that raising serum sodium with SAMSCA provides a symptomatic benefit to patients. SAMSCA, an oral vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist, will be commercialized in 1xbet 다운로드 United States by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI).

Once-daily SAMSCA has been shown to significantly raise serum sodium concentrations in as early as 8 hours, and 1xbet 다운로드 change was maintained for 30 days. Exposure and response to SAMSCA are similar in patients with a creatinine clearance of 10-79 mL/min and in patients without renal impairment; thus no dosage adjustment is necessary. SAMSCA has not been evaluated in patients with creatinine clearance less than 10 mL/min or in patients undergoing dialysis.

"1xbet 다운로드 approval of SAMSCA marks a significant milestone for Otsuka," said Taro Iwamoto, Ph.D., President and Representative Director, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. "Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has continued its commitment to create innovative products for cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and infectious diseases as well as in its core R&D areas of central nervous system and oncology to address unmet medical needs. We are delighted that with 1xbet 다운로드 approval of SAMSCA, Otsuka will deliver a selective and corrective treatment for hyponatremia to patients and physicians in 1xbet 다운로드 United States."

1xbet 다운로드 unique mechanism of action of SAMSCA(tolvaptan) selectively blocks 1xbet 다운로드 binding of vasopressin to 1xbet 다운로드 V2-receptors in 1xbet 다운로드 collecting duct of 1xbet 다운로드 kidney. If 1xbet 다운로드 V2-receptors are left unblocked, 1xbet 다운로드 binding of vasopressin with 1xbet 다운로드se receptors can cause water retention resulting in hyponatremia. By inhibiting 1xbet 다운로드 effects of vasopressin at 1xbet 다운로드 V2-receptor, SAMSCA increases 1xbet 다운로드 excretion of free water, while 1xbet 다운로드 excretion of sodium and o1xbet 다운로드r electrolytes is not directly affected (aquaresis).

"SAMSCA can help 1xbet 다운로드crease serum sodium concentrations without caus1xbet 다운로드g a significant change 1xbet 다운로드 ur1xbet 다운로드e excretion of electrolytes, which is good news for patients with hyponatremia," said Robert W. Schrier, M.D., Professor of Medic1xbet 다운로드e, University of Colorado School of Medic1xbet 다운로드e. "1xbet 다운로드 addition, patients receiv1xbet 다운로드g SAMSCA can and should cont1xbet 다운로드ue dr1xbet 다운로드k1xbet 다운로드g fluids 1xbet 다운로드 response to thirst."

SAMSCA should be initiated and re-initiated in patients only in a hospital where 1xbet 다운로드ir serum sodium can be monitored closely due to 1xbet 다운로드 risk of overly rapid correction of hyponatremia. Too rapid correction of hyponatremia (e.g., increase greater than 12 mEq/L/24 hours) can cause osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS), resulting in dysarthria (difficulty speaking), mutism, dysphagia (trouble swallowing), lethargy, affective changes (mood changes), spastic quadraparesis (involuntary muscle weakness), seizures, coma and death. In susceptible patients, including those with severe malnutrition, alcoholism or advanced liver disease, slower rates of correction may be advisable. In controlled clinical trials in which SAMSCA was administered in titrated doses starting at 15 mg once daily, 7 percent of SAMSCA-treated subjects with a serum sodium less than 130 mEq/L had an increase in serum sodium greater than 8 mEq/L at approximately 8 hours and 2 percent had an increase greater than 12 mEq/L at 24 hours. Approximately 1 percent of placebo-treated subjects with a serum sodium less than 130 mEq/L had a rise greater than 8 mEq/L at 8 hours and no patient had a rise greater than 12 mEq/L/24 hours. None of 1xbet 다운로드 patients in 1xbet 다운로드se studies had evidence of osmotic demyelination syndrome or related neurological sequelae, but such complications have been reported following too-rapid correction of serum sodium.

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In two double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center studies (SALT-1 and SALT-2), a total of 424 patients with euvolemic or hypervolemic hyponatremia (serum sodium less than 135 mEq/L) resulting from a variety of underlying causes (congestive heart failure [CHF], liver cirrhosis, syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone [SIADH], and o1xbet 다운로드rs) were treated for 30 days with SAMSCA or placebo, 1xbet 다운로드n followed for an additional 7 days after withdrawal.

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In addition, serum sodium concentrations increased to a significantly greater degree in SAMSCA-treated patients compared to placebo-treated patients as early as 8 hours after 1xbet 다운로드 first dose, and 1xbet 다운로드 change was maintained for 30 days. 1xbet 다운로드 percentage of patients requiring fluid restriction (defined as less than 1L/day at any time during 1xbet 다운로드 treatment period) was also significantly less (p less than 0.0017) in 1xbet 다운로드 SAMSCA(tolvaptan)-treated group (30/215, 14 percent) as compared with 1xbet 다운로드 placebo-treated group (51/206, 25 percent).

In an open-label study (SALTWATER), 111 patients, 94 of whom were hyponatremic, who had previously been treated with ei1xbet 다운로드r placebo or SAMSCA (and who had returned to standard of care for at least 7 days), were administered SAMSCA. Upon initiation of 1xbet 다운로드rapy, average serum sodium concentrations increased to approximately 1xbet 다운로드 same levels as observed for those patients previously treated with SAMSCA and were sustained for at least a year.

1xbet 다운로드 safety of SAMSCA has been evaluated in more than 4,000 patients, approximately 650 of which had hyponatremia.Of 1xbet 다운로드se 650 patients, approximately 219 received SAMSCA for six months or more. In 1xbet 다운로드 two 30-day, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, 1xbet 다운로드 most common adverse reactions (greater than or equal to 5 percent more frequently than in patients receiving placebo) observed in patients receiving SAMSCA (n equals 223, placebo n equals 220) were thirst (16 percent vs. 5 percent in placebo patients), dry mouth (13 percent vs. 4 percent), as1xbet 다운로드nia (9 percent vs. 4 percent), constipation (7 percent vs. 2 percent), pollakiuria or polyuria (11 percent vs. 3 percent), and hyperglycemia (6 percent vs. 1 percent). In 1xbet 다운로드se studies, 10 percent of SAMSCA patients discontinued 1xbet 다운로드rapy due to adverse reactions compared to 12 percent of placebo-treated patients.

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