This is a bigger problem for Reclast, she notes, because the drug has to be given at special infusion centers.

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Reclast, from Novartis, is in the same chemical class as Fosamax and Actonel, but it must be given as an intravenously, directly into a vein.

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Reclast patients need to be hooked up to an intravenous line.

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But James Reddoch at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey has written notes to investors saying that Reclast is, in fact pretty good--and that its efficacy will be hard to beat.

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For denosumab to succeed, Amgen will have to battle with Novartis and its once-a-year osteoporosis infusion, Reclast, and Merck, which is racing toward the market with its own first-of-its-kind osteoporosis pill.

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Reclast is long-acting--women can't forget to take their pills.

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For denosumab to succeed, Amgen will have to battle with Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) and its once-a-year osteoporosis infusion, Reclast, and Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ), which is racing toward the market with its own first-of-its-kind osteoporosis pill.

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