Archive for January, 2012
Recent Rosacea Blog Posts
An article in this Weekend’s West Australian highlighting the dangers of IPL Treatments from untrained operators. This article is a reminder of the dangers of IPL in the wrong hands. Other warnings are, sadly, easy to find. Finding the right practitioner to treat you with IPL is not an easy task. This is a real […]
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, […]
While us in the rosacea world might consider products that are expensive while they are covered by exclusive patents, we are small fry in the drug market at large. Patents are due to shortly expire for Pfizer’s Liptor and Lilly’s Zyprexa. Lilly can expect a $3bn drop in revenue just from generic forms of Zyprexa […]
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 approval for Metrogel 1% Pump in October 2011. Metrogel 1% Pump is now available on prescription in […]
Happy New Year to everyone who reads Rosacea Support ! As we start 2012 lets look briefly at what was popular in the last year. Most popular posts in 2011 Following are the 5 most popular posts in 2011 for new comments. All of these posts have been on the blog for a couple of […]
