FDA Accepts Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for BOTOX(R) (onabotulinumtoxinA) for the Treatment of Pediatric Patients with Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity
Application Seeks to Extend Use of BOTOX® for Patients 5 to 17 Years Old NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 22, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Allergan, an AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administr... Biopharmaceuticals, Neurology, FDA Allergan, AbbVie, BOTOX, onabotulinumtoxinA, Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 22, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Adding CGRP to Botox Safe, Effective for Migraine Prevention Adding CGRP to Botox Safe, Effective for Migraine Prevention
Adjunctive preventive therapy with a calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibody is safe and effective in patients with chronic migraine who have only achieved a partial response to onabotulinumtoxinA treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - June 18, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Anti-CGRP mABs and Botulinum Toxin for Migraine Prevention Anti-CGRP mABs and Botulinum Toxin for Migraine Prevention
This article presents a pathophysiological rationale for dual therapy with anti-CGRP humanized antibodies and botulinum toxin type A in the prevention of migraine.Headache (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news

Florida offers drive-through Botox to quarantined residents
Quarantined Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows' feet need frown no longer - Botox is back, and it's being offered at a drive-through. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

From botox clinics to wellness spas, antibody tests become the rage. Are they the real thing?
Coronavirus: Experts warn of misplaced trust in antibody tests (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - May 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maya Lau Source Type: news

US regulator clears AbbVie’s $63bn deal for Allergan
Federal Trade Commission votes 3-2 to approve tie-up between makers of Botox and Humira (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - May 6, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Building a better botox
(Boston Children's Hospital) Botulinum toxins are FDA-approved and widely used. Although they are safe and effective, they can drift away from the site of injection, reducing efficacy and causing side effects. New work from Boston Children's Hospital on botulinum B combined structural modeling and genetic engineering to enable the toxin to bind more tightly to nerve cells and stay in place. This led to more effective, longer-lasting local muscle paralysis and reduced toxicity. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Botox: A New Option for Endometriosis Pain? Botox: A New Option for Endometriosis Pain?
Botulinum toxin injections into the vagina appears to relieve pain associated with endometriosis by relaxing the pelvic floor muscles, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines)
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - March 9, 2020 Category: OBGYN Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Unlicensed injections recorded at undercover Botox party sting: Doctors college
B.C.'s College of Physicians and Surgeons claims an undercover sting at a Botox party has yielded evidence of unlicensed injections administered by a woman who has been a repeated target of the regulator. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news

Try Botox jabs to ease teeth grinding at night: Dr Martin Scurr answers your health questions 
The Daily Mail's resident doctor Martin Scurr answers your health concerns in his column. This week a reader asks if the ringing in their ears is connected to them clenching their teeth. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EU Clears AbbVie Takeover of Allergan Subject to Conditions EU Clears AbbVie Takeover of Allergan Subject to Conditions
The European Commission said on Friday it had approved U.S. drugmaker AbbVie ' s planned $63 billion acquisition of Botox-maker Allergan, subject to conditions.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

GP slams 'Wild West' approach to Botox - after Love Island star 'qualifies' to give treatments
Rykard Jenkins has been sharing his experience of training to become an aesthetic practitioner. However, one aesthetic doctor has criticised companies offering such training to non medics. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Allergan(R) Announces First Annual National BOTOX(R) Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) Day
IT'S BO-TIME: BRAND CELEBRATES HOLIDAY WITH EXCLUSIVE ONE-DAY-ONLY OFFER DUBLIN, Nov. 18, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), the maker of BOTOX® Cosmetic, has announced the first-ever National BOTOX® Cos... Biopharmaceuticals, Dermatology Allergan, BOTOX, onabotulinumtoxinA (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 18, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Why women in their 40s are seeking full-on facelifts instead of botox
Civil servant Mel Beard, 49, from West Sussex, pictured left before her facelift and right after the procedure said she considered going under the knife five years earlier. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Allergan's Botox gets pediatric approval
Allergan announced that the U.S. FDA has approved the company ' s supplemental BLA for Botox for the treatment of pediatric patients (2 to 17 years of age) with lower limb spasticity, excluding spasticity caused by cerebral palsy. (Source: PharmaManufacturing.com)
Source: PharmaManufacturing.com - October 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news