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CyDex Captisol Technology used in recently launched injection formulation of antipsychotic Abilify

Published in Health Business Week, January 12th, 2007

CyDex, Inc. announced that Abilify Injection, a new intramuscular form of the antipsychotic medication Abilify (aripiprazole) from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., contains CyDex's Captisol Technology.

Abilify Injection is the third drug formulation commercially available in the United States utilizing CyDex's Captisol enabling technology. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Abilify Injection on September 20, 2006.

CyDex's patented Captisol technology improves water solubility, bioavailability and complexation characteristics of insoluble and/or unstable drugs. In addition to injectable products, the...

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