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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma : launch of Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Donepezil hydrochloride tablets/OD tablets 3mg/5mg “DSP”

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma
November 28, 2011 - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (DSP) (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Masayo Tada) announces the launch of Alzheimer's disease treatment Donepezil hydrochloride tablets/OD tablets 3mg/5mg “DSP” in Japan, as of December 2, 2011.

In domestic pharmaceuticals, DSP designates the Central Nervous System field as one of its focus marketing areas, and offers various treatments such as atypical antipsychotics "LONASEN® " and "LULLAN® ", Parkinson's disease drug "TRERIEF® ", norepinephrine-activating neural function ameliorant "DOPS® ", anti-epileptic drug "EXCEGRAN® ", and serotonin-agonist antianxiety drug "SEDIEL® ". Approximately 230 CNS MRs in the CNS Sales & Marketing Division newly established in April 2011 are developing activities to provide information on these products.

DSP decided to handle a CNS generic drug as part of a plan to strengthen its product lineup in the CNS area. On June 24, 2011, DSP created “Established Products & Chain Pharmacies Groups” dedicated to generic drugs in the CNS area under CNS Sales and Marketing, each under the CNS Higashi-Nippon Region, CNS Capital Region, CNS Kinki-Tokai Region and CNS Nishi-Nippon Region with the aim to promote sales of generic drugs in the CNS area... [PDF] Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma's Press Release -