On August 16, 2016, the federal food and drug administration (FDA) granted breakthrough therapy designation to Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Janssen Research & Development, for the company’s investigational antidepressant medication, esketamine. Esketamine was granted breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of major depressive disorder with imminent risk for suicide. This is the second time esketamine has received breakthrough therapy designation, the drug received this distinction for treatment-resistant depression in November 2013.

This was reported by PharmTech.com on August 16, 2016.

Contact Information: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Post Office Box 200, Titusville, New Jersey 08560 . . .

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