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EUROPEAN UNION'S CHMP ADOPTS POSITIVE OPINION FOR SUBOXONE (BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE) FOR TREATMENT OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE

July 28, 2006

Schering-Plough Corporation announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has granted a positive opinion recommending approval of SUBOXONE (buprenorphine hydrochloride/naloxone hydrochloride) Sublingual Tablets for the substitution treatment of opioid dependence, within a framework of medical, social and psychological treatment.

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