| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - General Overview |
| | Prostaglandins are implicated in pain, inflammation, incontinence, allergic rhinitis and many other conditions.... |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - Respiratory Diseases |
| | PDE4 inhibitors developed by the Montréal scientists from a collaboration with a U.K. company are showing great promise as potentially " safe steroids"-compounds that down-regulate inflammatory cells in the lung without adverse effects on other body functions such as bone growth, which can be slowed by steroid medications |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - Section Reserved For Media |
| | In clinical studies in patients with allergic rhinitis, SINGULAIR was generally well tolerated with a safety profile similar to placebo.... In the U.S., SINGULAIR is indicated for the prevention and chronic treatment of asthma in adults and pediatric patients 12 months of age and older, for the relief of symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) in adults and children two years and older, and for the relief of symptoms of perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) in adults and children six months and older.... |
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