Zeria, Kyowa Hakko in Japan Co-development and Co-marketing Agreement for Asacol(R) for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 8, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Zeria and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. concluded an agreement on January 29 for the co-development and co-marketing of Asacol - development code Z-206, generic name generic name n. 1. The official nonproprietary name of a drug, under which it is licensed and identified by the manufacturer. 2. mesalazine, Asacol is an oral enteric-coated pharmaceutical formulation of mesalazine, a drug for inflammatory bowel disease inflammatory bowel disease n. Abbr. IBD Any of several incurable and debilitating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by inflammation and obstruction of parts of the intestine. (IBD IBD abbr. inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Disease in which the lining of the intestine becomes inflamed. Mentioned in: Amebiasis IBD 1. ). Asacol was exclusively licensed in 2004 from Tillotts Pharma AG in Switzerland to Zeria, and the clinical Phase III trials are underway. With this agreement, clinical development for ulcerative colitis ulcerative colitis Inflammation of the colon, especially of its mucous membranes. The inflamed membranes develop patches of tiny ulcers, and the diarrhea contains blood and mucus. is performed by Zeria alone but that for Crohn's disease will be conducted jointly. After a marketing approval, Zeria will perform blistering and packaging, and supply to both companies for co-marketing the product. Distribution, marketing and activities of providing, gathering and transmitting medical information will be conducted in parallel - 1 brand, 2 channels. Copyright [c] 2007 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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