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New PPI Heals Erosive Esophagitis Better Than Older Formulation
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New PPI Heals Erosive Esophagitis Better Than Older Formulation |
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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574852?src=rss |
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The results of a meta-analysis of two phase III studies, announced here during Digestive Disease Week 2008, show that the investigational proton pump inhibitor TAK-390mr (TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois) achieves better healing rates and maintains longer pH control than lansoprazole (Prevacid, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.). Reuters Health Information |
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Articles > Gastroenterology |
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May 23, 2008 |
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