FDA approves expansion of antidepressant Trintellix' label

22 October 2018

Danish CNS specialist Lundbeck (LUND: CO) and its partner Takeda Pharmaceuticals (TYO: 4502) can once again expand the clinical trials section of the US label of their antidepressant Trintellix (vortioxetine).

This is because the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Trintellix, which is a prescription medicine approved for the treatment of adults with major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as depression.

A common issue when treating MDD is that some medications can have a negative effect on sexual function, called treatment emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). TESD can affect any aspect of the sexual response cycle including desire, arousal and orgasm.

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