USA-based King Pharmaceuticals has received Food and Drug Administration approval of a supplemental New Drug Application for its nerve gas antidote Atropen (atropine). The product is now registered for use in pediatrics, as well as in adults. Pediatric formulations are expected to be available at the beginning of the fourth quarter 2003. Atropen utilizes an auto-injector technology acquired by King through its acquisition of Meridian Medical Technologies in January.
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