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New sleeping pill, Belsomra, approved by FDA

For people who have a hard time falling or staying asleep: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new sleep aide that works differently from other drugs on the market, and ...
Los Angeles Times

FDA approves Belsomra, a new prescription sleep drug

The Food & Drug Administration on Wednesday approved U.S. marketing of the first in a new class of sleep drugs that targets the brain’s wakefulness centers to speed the onset of sleep and reduce ...
PMLiVE

Merck gets Alzheimer’s label claim for insomnia drug Belsomra

Merck & Co/MSD has claimed FDA approval for a new use of its insomnia drug Belsomra, treating sleep disruption in people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Belsomra (suvorexant) has been ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Merck’s BELSOMRA® (suvorexant) C-IV Meets Primary Efficacy Endpoint in Phase 3 Trial for the Treatment of Insomnia in People with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

KENILWORTH, N.J. -- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of results of a Phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy and ...
Yahoo Finance

Merck's Insomnia Drug Belsomra Approved by the FDA

The FDA has approved Belsomra in four different strengths (5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg and 20 mg). The FDA noted that Belsomra should be taken no more than once a night within 30 minutes of going to bed with ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Health: Merck’s new sleeping pill, Belsomra, What were they thinking?

This new drug has a different mechanism of action than other sleeping pills. It blocks the action of a chemical, orexin, which our brain makes to keep us awake. Belsomra sticks around in our brains ...
FiercePharma

Goodbye to Belsomra's furry mascots. Merck's focusing on sleepless patients instead

Belsomra's furry word creatures have officially retired. Merck & Co.'s "sleep" cat and "wake" dog in the insomnia drug's first wave of TV ads are giving way to a new empathy-oriented campaign that ...
pharmaphorum

FDA approves Belsomra for insomnia

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Merck's Belsomra (suvorexant) tablets to treat insomnia. Belsomra is an orexin receptor antagonist and is the first drug of this type to be ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Belsomra Labeling Updated to Include Data on Insomnia in Alzheimer Disease

Credit: Getty Images. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updates to the prescribing information for Belsomra® (suvorexant; Merck) to include study findings for the treatment of ...
Consumer Reports

Here's why you can skip the new insomnia drug, Belsomra

A sleepless night or two can leave you so tired and miserable that it can be tempting to take a medication that promises to help you slip into slumber. But the truth is that sleeping pills like Ambien ...
Healio

Belsomra effective for preventing delirium

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Belsomra was effective for delirium prevention, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published ...