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Risedronic acid - AbbVie

Drug Profile

Risedronic acid - AbbVie

Alternative Names: Acrel; Actonel; Actonel Combi; Actonel plus Calcium; Actonel with Calcium; Atelvia; Benet; NE-58095; NE-58095NF; Optinate; Optinate Septimum; Ribastamin; Risedronate; Risedronate sodium; Sodium risedronate hydrate; WC3051

Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023

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At a glance

  • Originator Procter & Gamble
  • Developer AbbVie; Ajinomoto; Procter & Gamble; Sanofi; Takeda
  • Class Bisphosphonates; Calcium regulators; Osteoporosis therapies; Small molecules
  • Mechanism of Action Bone resorption factor inhibitors; HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
  • Orphan Drug Status

    Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.

    Yes - Osteitis deformans
  • New Molecular Entity Yes

Highest Development Phases

  • Marketed Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis; Male osteoporosis; Osteitis deformans; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal osteoporosis
  • Discontinued Osteogenesis imperfecta

Most Recent Events

  • 08 May 2020 Allergan has been acquired and merged into AbbVie
  • 10 May 2017 Development of risedronic acid discontinued at phase II/III for Osteoporosis in Japan (PO,new tablet formulation) during 2016 (Takeda FY2016 results, May 2017)
  • 23 Mar 2015 Discontinued - Phase-III for Osteogenesis imperfecta (In children) in USA, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Spain and the UK (PO, tablet)
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