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Aratana Therapeutics (PETX) Says NOCITA is Now 'Launched'

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Aratana Therapeutics Announces Launch of NOCITA® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension)

October 5, 2016 8:30 AM EDT

LEAWOOD, Kan., Oct. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), a pet therapeutics company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative biopharmaceutical products for companion animals, announced the Company has made NOCITA® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) commercially available to veterinarians in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) approved Nocita as a local post-operative analgesia for cranial cruciate ligament surgery in dogs on August 12, 2016.

"We are eager to get Nocita into the hands of veterinary surgeons and anticipate the first orders... More