Topamax News

Helping support group for rare disorder is labor of love - Detroit Free Press

He was placed on the antiseizure medicine topirimate, known commonly as Topamax. For a while, Joshua seemed to get better, going seizure-free for four or ...

Posted: Tue Feb 12 03:25:21 -0500 2008

Big Pharma's Patent Headache - BusinessWeek

The industry hopes to recoup the losses with authorized generics by Catherine Arnst Ortho McNeil's patent for Topamax, used to treat epilepsy and migraines, ...

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdai... | Posted: Wed Feb 06 14:44:54 -0500 2008

Epilepsy drugs prompt suicide alert - StarPhoenix

... Administration said it analyzed studies of 11 epilepsy drugs including Pfizer's Neurontin, Abbott Laboratories Depakote and Johnson & Johnson's Topamax. ...

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonst... | Posted: Fri Feb 01 02:41:11 -0500 2008

Epilepsy Drugs Linked To Increased Suicide Risk - dBTechno

... in question include Pfizer’s Neurontin and Lyrics, as well as others such as Abbot Laboratories’ Depakote, and Ortho-MacNeil Pharmaceutical’s Topamax. ...

http://www.dbtechno.com/health/20... | Posted: Fri Feb 01 07:08:51 -0500 2008

Help available for migraines - Bloomington Pantagraph

After a couple of months on that, Pegg switched Dooley to Topamax — a twice-a-day pill — in November 2006. He warned her that as her dosages were adjusted ...

http://www.pantagraph.com/article... | Posted: Mon Feb 04 16:12:48 -0500 2008

Neurontin, Lyrica linked to suicide risks, regulators warn - Dallas Morning News

Risks for the drugs, which also include Johnson & Johnson's Topamax and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Lamictal, were seen in clinical testing as soon as one week ...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedc... | Posted: Thu Jan 31 22:07:17 -0500 2008

S&P Picks and Pans: BofA, Yahoo, J&J, EMC, AT&T - BusinessWeek

... was the principal driver of sales upside in the quarter, aided by strength in Risperdal Consta, the Invega launch and continued gains for Topamax. ...

http://www.businessweek.com/inves... | Posted: Tue Jan 22 13:45:26 -0500 2008

2nd UPDATE: J&J 4Q Net Rises, Helped By Consumer Sales - CNNMoney.com

Other top pharmaceutical products included Topamax, a treatment for epilepsy and migraines whose sales rose 23% to $652 million ; and Remicade for ...

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfee... | Posted: Tue Jan 22 11:51:29 -0500 2008

J&J Earnings Rise on Consumer Items Added From Pfizer (Update5) - Bloomberg

J&J has also trimmed costs as it faces generic competition to its best-selling prescription drug, the antipsychotic Risperdal, and the migraine pill Topamax ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/new... | Posted: Tue Jan 22 18:24:46 -0500 2008