As such it is only representing Eli Lilly's viewpoint. The study, authored by a group led by Gideon Koren, M.D., head of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, appears Jan. 23 in The New England Journal of Medicine. An estimated one in four women will suffer from depression in their lifetime.
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from clinical depression.
Independent studies have linked ramifications of untreated depression during pregnancy with fetal anomalies. Women with depression often commit suicide, so this is a serious illness. Dr. Koren's study was funded by the Medical Research Council of Canada. Prozac, which this year will mark the 10th anniversary of its clearance by the Food and Drug Administration, was the first antidepressant in the SSRI class to be introduced in the United States. Prozac remains one of the most-studied medications in the world.