Prescription Products
Copegus tablets
Copegus (ribavirin) 200mg tablets have been
launched (Roche Products); net price, 42 £124.32, 168 £497.28. Copegus tablets are indicated
for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C and must only be used as part of a combination regimen
with interferon alfa-2a.
Tamiflu suspension
Tamiflu (oseltamivir) 12mg/ml powder for oral suspension has been launched
(Roche); net price, 100ml £18.18.
Asmanex Twisthaler
Asmanex
(mometasone furoate) Twisthaler has been launched (Schering-Plough); net price, 200µg 30 doses £16, 200µg 60 doses £24, 400µg 30 doses £22.40, 400µg 60 doses £36.75.
Actonel Once a Week tablets
Actonel
(risedronate sodium) Once a Week 35mg tablets are being launched (Aventis Pharma); net price,
4 £21.83.
Gliclazide tablets
PLIVA
Pharma has launched gliclazide 80mg tablets; net price, 28 £2.59.
Zolpidem tartrate tablets
Alpharma
has launched zolpidem tartrate tablets; net price, 5mg 28 £3.08,
10mg 28 £4.48.
Atenolol tablets
Atenolol 50mg and 100mg tablets from Alpharma are now available in blue
boxes instead of red ones.
Propylthiouracil tablets
A
56-tablet pack of propylthiouracil 50mg tablets, will be available from Celltech Pharmaceuticals
from the end of January; net price, £24.90. The product was acquired
from IVAX last year. Orders should be placed with Customer Services, Celltech (tel 0800 953
0183, fax 0800 953 0184).
Lagap products
Lagap Pharmaceuticals has launched the following products:
• Clonidine 25µg tablets, pack size 112; net price, £7.10
• Cetirizine 1mg/ml syrup, pack size 200ml; net price, £10.50
Baxan capsules
The
pack size of Baxan (cefadroxil) capsules has been changed from 100 to 20 capsules (Bristol-Myers
Squibb Pharmaceuticals); net price, £5.64.
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Calprofen (ibuprofen) 100mg/5ml suspension for
the relief of aches, pain and fever in children aged 6 months to 12 years has been launched (Pfizer
Consumer Healthcare); retail price 100ml £3.49. Legal category: pharmacy medicine.