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Johnson & Johnson Highlights Clinical Data on Caplyta (Lumateperone) for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) at ACNP 2026

Shots: Data from the OLE 503 study of Caplyta & pooled results from P-III (Studies 501 & 502) trials assessing Caplyta vs PBO, both in combination with an antidepressant, in adults with MDD presented at ANCP’26 Pooled data showed higher remission (MADRS ≤10) with treatment at 6wks. (25.5% vs 13.6%), with complete remission (MADRS ≤5) in 10.6%…

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Johnson & Johnson Reports the US FDA’s Approval of Caplyta (Lumateperone) for Major Depressive Disorder

Shots: The US FDA has approved Caplyta as an adjunctive therapy with antidepressants for treating adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). An sNDA for schizophrenia relapse prevention is also submitted Approval was based on 2 P-III (Study 501 & 502) trials assessing Caplyta vs PBO, both in combination with an antidepressant in MDD pts Trial…

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Over Prescribed Medications and its Impact

Introduction: 'Over-prescription' is defined as the action of prescribing a drug or treatment in greater amount or on more occasions than necessary. Overprescribing, in general in health care, has been a subject of frequent study. For instance, research published in 2018 found that 46% of a half-million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions were written by clinicians without diagnoses of…

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