DESPAXOR ® (desvenlafaxine, as succinate) SYNCO HK Reg. No. HK-68803, HK-68804 (07 Aug, 2025) Composition: 1 • DESPAXOR is available in the following dosage forms: 50 mg and 100 mg extended-release oral tablets • Each tablet contains 7...
The disease burden of mental disorders has become increasingly relevant as this causes a high degree of individual and social suffering, whereas mood and anxiety disorders are commonly involved. Previous pooled analysis suggested that the lifetime p...
Clozapine is the only approved treatment for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) but response rates remain at 50 – 60% 1 . Evenamide, a sodium channel blocker, has shown efficacy in a phase II trial to significantly reduce sy...
Anxiety disorders are one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, up to 30% of the population are reported to be affected by an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. While anxiety disorders are associated with a significant disease burden and...
LEQEMBI® (lecanemab) EISAI HK Reg. No. HK-68289 (03 Jul, 2024) & HK-68290 (03 Jul, 2024) Composition: 3 LEQEMBI® is an amyloid beta-directed antibody with the active ingredient lecanemab-irmb. It is administered as an intravenous infusio...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly prevalent and affects more than 264 million individuals, globally. Remarkably, despite treatment, up to half of the patients with depression fail to reach remission and are at risk of experiencing treatment-...
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric syndrome of delusions, disorganised speech, hallucinations, and impaired executive functioning1. Despite affecting approximately 1% of the global population, poor treatment adherence remains as an unmet need associated...
The hottest love has the coldest end.” Facing a romantic relationship breakup can be devastating, overwhelming and heart-wrenching. There has been an increasing trend of divorce over the last 3 decades in Hong Kong, with the crude divorce rate...
The Sheer Scale of the Problem While dementia is usually regarded as a disorder of old age, it can invariably also affect younger individuals under the age of 65 1 . Early-onset dementia (EOD), also known as young-onset dementia (YOD), is defined as...
