AZ files Seroquel XR for biopolar mania and depression

14 January 2008

Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca says it has filed two separate supplemental New Drug Applications with the US Food and Drug Administration, seeking approval for the use of Seroquel XR (quetiapine fumarate) in the treatment of both manic and depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder. The product, a follow-on version of Seroquel, received US clearance for the treatment of schizophrenia last year (Marketletters passim).

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