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Vanda Pharmaceuticals’ Fanapt Approved for Acute Bipolar I Disorder

Significantly increases the commercial opportunity for Fanapt.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. received approval from the FDA for Fanapt (iloperidone) tablets for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. Fanapt is an atypical antipsychotic agent that has been used for the acute treatment of patients with schizophrenia since its FDA approval in 2009.   Bipolar disorder is a serious, highly prevalent psychiatric chronic condition affecting approximately 2.8% of the U.S. adult population, with 83% of them class...

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