Posted by jealibeanz on February 17, 2007, at 14:57:06
In reply to Re: Updates on pipeline drugs?, posted by River1924 on February 17, 2007, at 13:30:38
It's nice to see an entire article addressing the need for new drugs.
I'm not certain, but I think that the Corcept drug is supposed to be approved to psychotic depression if the next studies go well. It was granted a "fast track" by the FDA, since there's not much right now that helps with psychosis.
I don't know if this article was saying its failure was in reference to major depression, or its primary intended use, psychotic depression. The company does intend to get it approved for other uses, but the focus for now is psychosis.
It seems that it should work well on anxious depression, since excess cortisol can cause anxiety. But that's not even listed as a possible future use on their website.
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