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Products

• Antivenin – for the treatment of black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) bites
• Arcoxia (etoricoxib) – for the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis (not approved in the US, but approved and sold in Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region and Middle East/Northern Africa)
• Cancidas (caspofungin) – an echinocandins antifungal drug for treatment of Aspergillus and Candida.
• Cosopt (dorzolamide and timolol) – reduces intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
• Cozaar (losartan) – used to treat hypertension, to reduce the risk of strokes and to treat diabetic nephropathy.
• Crixivan (indinavir) – a protease inhibitor HIV medication.
• Emend (aprepitant) – treats vomiting and nausea brought about by chemotherapy.
• Emend Injection (fosaprepitant dimeglumine) – an intravenous drug for nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy
• Emflex (acemetacin) – a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
• Fosamax (alendronate) – osteoporosis medication.
• Fosamax Plus D (alendronate/vitamin D) – osteoporosis medication.
• Gardasil (HPV vaccine) – a vaccine against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease.
• Hyzaar (losartan/hydrochlorothiazide) – used to treat hypertension, to reduce the risk of strokes and to treat diabetic nephropathy.
• Isentress (raltegravir) – HIV integrase inhibitor.
• Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) – an oral anti-diabetic drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
• Januvia (sitagliptin) – a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor for the treatment of diabetes
• Maxalt (rizatriptan) – one of many triptans used to treat migraines.
• M-M-R II (MMR Vaccine) – immunization against measles, mumps and rubella.
• Pneumovax 23 (Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine) – a vaccine used to prevent Streptococcus pneumoniae infections such as pneumonia and septicaemia.
• Primaxin (imipenem with cilastatin) – a broad spectrum carbapenem antibiotic.
• Prinzide (lisinopril/hydrochlorothiazide) – anti-hypertensive combination of an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic.
• Propecia/Proscar (finasteride) – used for alopecia (male pattern baldness) and prostatic conditions.
• ProQuad (MMRV vaccine) – a vaccine for simultaneous vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in children.
• Recombivax HB (hepatitis B vaccine) – a vaccine that protects against hepatitis B.
• Rotateq – a vaccine to prevent rotavirus gastroenteritis, a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children ages 0 to 12.
• Singulair (montelukast) – an asthma medication that blocks leukotrienes.
• Timoptic (timolol) – a non-selective beta-adrenergic receptor blocker used to treat high blood pressure and prevent heart attacks.
• Tredaptive (laropiprant/ER niacin) – a new lipid-modifying therapy for patients with dyslipidemia and primary hypercholesterolemia (not approved in the US, but approved in the European Union)
• Trusopt (dorzolamide) – reduces intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
• Vaqta (hepatitis A vaccine) – a vaccine that protects against hepatitis A.
• Varivax (Varicella vaccine) – a vaccine that protects against chickenpox.
• Vytorin (ezetimibe/simvastatin) – a combination cholesterol-lowering preparation marketed in collaboration with Schering-Plough.
• Zetia (ezetimibe) – cholesterol absorption inhibitor which lowers LDL co marketed by Schering-Plough
• Zocor (simvastatin) – a cholesterol-lowering statin.
• Zolinza (vorinostat) – a histone deacetylase inhibitor for the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
• Zostavax – a vaccine for prevention of shingles in adults older than 50 years of age.