Table I:
| Name
| Date of Approval
| Company
| Treatment
|
| Nplate (romiplostim)
| August 22,2008
| Amgen Inc.
| Idiopathic (Immune) Thrombocytopenic Purpura
|
| Xenazine (tetrabenazine)
| August 15,2008
| Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
| Huntington’s Chorea
|
| Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) Injectable Emulsion
| August 1, 2008
| The Medicines Company
| Hypertension
|
| Stavzor (valproic acid) Capsules
| July 29,2008
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
| Bipolar Disorder, Seizures, Epilepsy, Migraine Prophylaxis
|
| Navstel (balanced salt ophthalmic solution with hypromellose, dextrose and glutathione) Intraocular Irrigating Solution
| July 24,2008
| Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
| Intraocular Irrigation
|
| Eovist (gadoxetate disodium)
| July 3,2008
| Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
| Diagnostic
|
| Metvixia (methyl aminolevulinate hydrochloride) Cream
| July 27,2004
| PhotoCure ASA
| Keratosis
|
| Kinrix (Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine)
| June 24,2008
| GlaxoSmithKline
| Diphtheria Prophylaxis, Tetanus Prophylaxis, Poliomyelitis Prophylaxis, Pertussis Prophylaxis
|
| Durezol (difluprednate) Ophthalmic Emulsion
| June 23,2008
| Sirion Therapeutics, Inc.
| Postoperative Ocular Inflammation
|
| PrandiMet (repaglinide and metformin) Tablets
| June 23,2008
| Sciele Pharma, Inc. and Novo Nordisk Inc.
| Diabetes Mellitus Type II
|
| Pentacel (Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Inactivated Poliovirus and Haemophilus b Conjugate (Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate) Vaccine)
| June 20,2008
| Sanofi pasteur
| Pertussis Prophylaxis, Tetanus Prophylaxis, Diphtheria Prophylaxis, Poliomyelitis Prophylaxis, Haemophilus influenzae Prophylaxis
|
| Trivaris (triamcinolone acetonide) Intravitreal Injection
| June 16,2008
| Allergan, Inc.
| Ocular Inflammatory Conditions
|
| Entereg (alvimopan) Capsules
| May 20,2008
| Adolor Corporation
| Postoperative Ileus
|
