FDA approved Teva’s Austedo (deutetrabenazine) for chorea associated with Huntington’s disease, with a warning on depression and suicidality similar to generic Xenazine, but other parts of the labeling points to advantages.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. secured FDA approval of Austedo (deutetrabenazine) April 3, and the drug appears to have a competitive price and label to compete against an older generically-available medicine, Lundbeck Inc.’s Xenazine (tetrabenazine). Austedo will be available to patients in two to three weeks, Teva said.
Austedo is a deuterated version of the VMAT2 inhibitor Xenazine and the promise of the drug – which Teva gained...
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