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Study Group: Clozaril Prescribers (US)

Council Members in this Study Group: 37

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Rami Kaminski, MD

Founder and Director
Institute for Integrative Psychiatry
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Rami Kaminski, MD, is Director and Founder of the Institute for Integrative Psychiatry in New York, a not-for-profit organization aimed at evaluating current psychiatric services and how they integrate with medicine, such as the mutual effects between medical and psychiatric conditions. Prior to that,...

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Head to Head Comparisons will Help Patients but Hurt Profits

May 27, 2008

Warning over drug trial’s effects on testing | www.ft.com

Direct comparisons between potential competing agents often do not exist Initial FDA approval is usually based on comparisons to placebo A new approval does necessarily mean that the new agent is better than existing ones, although this is implied by industry Industry bears all the costs of efficacy...

Eli Lilly & Company Develops Novel Antipsychotic for Treating Schizophrenia

February 27, 2008

Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia | www.nytimes.com

All currently marketed antipsychotic medications for treating  schizophrenia  rely on mechanisms of action  which target  dopamine and  serotonin receptors.  Although these medications reduce delusions and hallucinations without inducing symptoms of Parkinson's Disease...

THe hoopla is premature

February 26, 2008

Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia | www.nytimes.com

The clinical trial which was done has shown only comparable efficacy to available treatment for positive symptoms.  It did not study efficacy for cognition or negative symptoms.  It did not test efficacy in treatment resistant patients. It did not show long term efficacy. It did not showthat...

Not Another mGluR Drug: The Competition Is On.

January 9, 2008

Pfizer and Taisho Finalize Agreement for Novel Schizophrenia Drug Candidate | www.pipelinereview.com:80

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (OTC:TSOPF.PK) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for worldwide collaboration to research, develop and commercialize TS-032.   TS-032 is a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist, a novel drug candidate for the...

Merck’s Agreement With Addex To Develop ADX63365: Eli Lilly May Have Competition In Groundbreaking Glutamate-Based Treatment of Schizophrenia.

January 8, 2008

Addex and Merck & Co., Inc. Enter License Agreement to Develop a Drug Candidate for Schizophrenia | www.pipelinereview.com:80

Addex Pharmaceuticals (Swiss:ADXN.SW) announced on January 3, 2008 an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) to develop ADX63365, a potent and selective positive allosteric modulator of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) with potential for the...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Academic Medical Center/Hospital or Clinic
  • Office Based Private Practice or Clinic
  • Government/Military Hospital or Clinic
  • Non-Academic Community Hospital or Clinic
  • Facility, Academic Medical Center

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Physician - Attending Physician
  • Physician - Director
  • Owner
  • Director
  • Medical Director