Adolor's Entereg on fast-track in USA
The US Food and Drug Administration has awarded fast-track designation to Adolor Corp's Entereg (alvimopan) for the management of postoperative ileus. The agent is licensed to European drug major GlaxoSmithKline (Marketletters passim). Adolor shares closed up 7.7% at $14.63 on February 24, the day of the announcement.
The US firm recently reported results from a Phase III trial involving 666 patients who were scheduled to undergo large or small bowel resections, or simple or radical hysterectomy. A positive trend was observed in favor of Entereg over placebo in the primary endpoint of the study, time to recovery of gastrointestinal function (Marketletter January 19).
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