Progenics (PGNX) Said RELISTOR Clinical Trials Initiated in Japan
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) announced that its collaborator, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has begun clinical testing in Japan of RELISTOR subcutaneous injection, the first-in-class medicine approved in the U.S., Canada, the European Union, Australia and Latin American countries for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation.
Ono has exclusive rights to subcutaneous RELISTOR in Japan, where it is pursuing plans to develop and commercialize the drug, designated ONO-3849, for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation.
RELISTOR is being developed and commercialized in the rest of the world by Progenics and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE).
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