ba0003pp336 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2014
Okimoto Nobukazu
, Arita Shinobu
, Akahoshi Syojiro
, Yoshioka Toru
, Fuse Yoshifumi
Alendronate is one of the most popular anti-resorptive drugs and widely used to treat osteoporotic patients in the world. In Japan, alendronate oral jelly (ALN-J) as a new formulation was launched in 2013. Dissolution test and bioequivalence study were performed between ALN-J and alendronate oral weekly tablet (ALN-T), and bioequivalence of both drugs was approved. Dosage and administration of ALN-J is the same as ALN-T. Moreover, ALN-J has special features of easy swallowing ...