NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that the first generic version of the anti-depressant drug Prozac goes on the market as early as today. The little blue-and-white pills cost up to 80-percent less than ...

JERUSALEM (CBS.MW) - Teva Pharmaceuticals said Sunday that it received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Fluoxetine tablets, a generic version of Ely Lilly's Prozac ...

Increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies. Advise families and caregivers of the need for close observation and communication ...

Eli Lilly biochemist David Wong (left) played an instrumental role in the discovery of Prozac. Source: Oregon State University, used with permission In the history of psychiatry, a few discoveries can ...

Fluoxetine is used for the treatment of major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa and panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia. Strides’ wholly owned subsidiary, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CBS.MW) -- Eli Lilly's first-quarter profit plunged 22 percent as generic Prozac continued to hurt sales, the drugmaker reported Monday. But Eli Lilly's stock closed higher after the ...

WASHINGTON — A six-year court fight over rights to the lucrative depression drug Prozac ended Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating drug maker Eli Lilly Co.'s patent. Generic ...

Drugs have a chemical name, a generic name and a brand name. Here's N-methyl-3-phenyl-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]propan-1-amine (chemical)/ fluoxetine (generic) / Prozac (brand) Tom Varco Creative ...

Because Prozac was so safe—and the risk of drug-drug interactions minimal—doctors began prescribing it to patients with milder symptoms, those to whom they might have hesitated to prescribe a ...