News today that the giant pharmaceutical company Novartis International is buying Fougera Pharmaceuticals. Fougera is known to rosacea sufferers through the availability of generic metronidazole 0.75%. Fougera …
May 3rd, 2012, by David Pascoe | in the news, metrogel
News today that the giant pharmaceutical company Novartis International is buying Fougera Pharmaceuticals. Fougera is known to rosacea sufferers through the availability of generic metronidazole 0.75%. Fougera …
April 11th, 2012, by David Pascoe | ivermectin, metrogel
OK, bear with me. I don’t often just waffle here as a Rosacea News item. Maybe I should. Anyway this post is just me exploring an idea. From my high school organic chemistry it seems to me that Ivermectin and Metrondizole are in fact chemically akin to cousins. I started to think about this because of the huge investment being undertaken by …
February 17th, 2012, by David Pascoe | clinical trials, galderma, ivermectin, metrogel
A large study looking at a treatment for the papules and pustules of rosacea is looking to recruit participants right across the US and Canada.
A web site just for this study has been created at www.pprstudy.com (Papulo – Pustular – Rosacea Study). On the site you can use your ZIP code to see …
January 22nd, 2012, by David Pascoe | clinical trials, galderma, metrogel
A recently posted clinical trial suggests that Taro Pharmaceuticals is readying to gain approval to market Generic Metrogel 1%. Currently Generic Metrogel is only available in 0.75% strength. Taro Pharmaceuticals in fact already markets a generic form of Metrogel – Metronidazole Gel USP, 0.75% When the patent covering Metrogel 0.75% expired, Galderma changed the formulation, increased the concentration of metronidazole to 1% …
January 18th, 2012, by David Pascoe | metrogel
Galderma have announced that Metrogel 1% will now be available in a 55gm Pump. Galderma are citing the benefits of a better looking dispenser, minimizing waste, easier compliance with prescribing instructions and “facilitating product handling”. Galderma received FDA …