Oxcarbazepine - History

History

First synthesized in 1965, it was patent protected by Geigy in 1969 through DE 2011087 . It was approved for use as an anticonvulsant in Denmark in 1990, Spain in 1993, Portugal in 1997, and eventually for all other EU countries in 1999. It was approved in the US in 2000. In September 2010, Novartis pled guilty to marketing Trileptal for the unapproved uses of neuropathic pain and bipolar disorder during 2000 and 2001.

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