Forest debuts MMD drug Fetzima in US pharmacies

19 December 2013

US drugmaker Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) says that Fetzima (levomilnacipran ER capsules) is now available in pharmacies throughout the USA.

Fetzima was approved earlier this year by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MMD), also known as depression, in adults (The Pharma Letter July 26).

The drug was discover by independent French drugmaker Pierre Fabre and licensed out to Forest for the USA and Canada. Forest is looking to replace lost sales of MMD drug Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) due to patent expiry in March 2012.

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