Sucampo Pharma (SCMP) Subsidiary Granted Marketing Authorization for Amitiza in Switzerland

November 19, 2009 5:04 PM EST

Sucampo Pharma Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP), today announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, has granted a marketing authorization for Amitiza (lubiprostone) 24 microgram (mcg) gel capsules for the long-term treatment of patients with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC).

This is the first European regulatory approval for Sucampo and Amitiza is the first prescription medicine to be approved in Switzerland for the long-term treatment of CIC.


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