OREANDA-NEWS. June 08, 2011. Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo), today announced that it has launched Memary® 5mg, 10mg and 20mg Tablets (generic name: Memantine Hydrochloride, Approval to Manufacture and Market: January 21, 2011, Drug Price Listing: March 11, 2011) given once daily for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in Japan on Wednesday, June 8.

Memary was discovered by Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH (head office, Germany) and is the only N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist in the world used for the treatment of moderate to severe AD. This drug was approved for use in the treatment of patients with AD by the European EMA in 2002 and by the U.S. FDA in 2003. It is marketed in 70 countries around the world and is positioned as a standard care pharmaceutical for moderate to severe AD.

By offering a new treatment option with a distinct mechanism for the treatment of AD in Japan, Daiichi Sankyo is confident that it can reduce unmet needs and contribute to improving quality of life for patients and their families.