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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 15:57:52 -0600
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Subject: Entacapone Approved by FDA
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The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the marketing
of the COMT inhibitor entacapone (Comtan, Novartis) as an adjuct to
levodopa/carbidopa for treatment of Parkinson's disease.

The FDA-approved product labeling information is available at
http://www.fda.gov/cder/approval/index.htm (find "Comtan" and click on the
link under the "Label" heading to download a .pdf file).

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