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Feb 26, 2008

Schering-Plough, ASMANEX (R) TWISTHALER(R) (Mometasone Furoate Inhalation Powder) for the Once Daily Maintenance Treatment of Asthma in Children 4-11

Feb. 4, 2008 - Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ASMANEX (R) TWISTHALER (R) 110 mcg (mometasone furoate inhalation powder) for the maintenance treatment of asthma as a preventive therapy in patients 4 to 11 years of age. ASMANEX is an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS). ASMANEX 220 mcg was approved on March 31, 2005 by the FDA for maintenance treatment of asthma as preventive therapy in patients 12 years of age and older... Schering-Plough's Press Release-