NEW YORK: Three-month paliperidone palmitate, an investigational atypical antipsychotic, significantly delayed time to relapse compared to placebo in patients with schizophrenia, according to a new Phase 3 clinical study published this week.
The treatment will enable patients to receive injections once every three months, compared to currently available formulations that are administered monthly, or oral medicines that must be taken daily. It would be the first and only long-acting atypical antipsychotic with a dosing schedule of four times a year…