Panobinostat Lactate and Risedronate and Calcium

• Generic Name: panobinostat
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Farydak

In combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received ≥2 prior therapies, including bortezomib and an immunomodulatory agent (designated an orphan drug by FDA for use in this condition ).

Accelerated approval based on progression-free survival; continued approval may be contingent on verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory studies.

• Generic Name: calcium carbonate / risedronate
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names:

  Actonel and Calcium, Actonel with Calcium

• It is used to prevent or treat soft, brittle bones (osteoporosis).