Fluvoxamine
Alternative Names: Depromel; Fluvoxamine maleate; Luvox; Luvox CR; SME-3110Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023
At a glance
- Originator Solvay Pharmaceuticals
- Developer Abbott Laboratories; AbbVie; Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc; Meiji Seika Pharma
- Class Antidepressants; Oximes; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Serotonin uptake inhibitors; Sigma-1 receptor agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Obsessive-compulsive disorders; Social phobia
Most Recent Events
- 03 Jul 2017 Registered for Obsessive-compulsive disorders (In adolescents, In children) in Japan (PO) (Meiji Seika Pharma pipeline, August 2017)
- 01 Aug 2016 AbbVie completes phase-III clinical trials in Obsessive-compulsive disorders (In adolescents; In children) in Japan (PO)
- 19 Jan 2015 Fluvoxamine is still in phase III trials for Obsessive-compulsive disorders (in paediatric patients) in Japan