The USA's JHP Pharmaceuticals and Dutch drug company SpePharm have together acquired global rights to health care major Procter and Gamble's Dantrium (dantrolene sodium). In its intravenous form, the drug is used for malignant hyperthermia, a life-threatening reaction to certain gaseous anesthetics, and in its oral form, the control of clinical spasticity resulting from upper motor neuron disorders.
New Jersey-based JHP has bought the rights to Dantrium for the USA and Canada, including supply rights in Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Chile, while SpePharm acquired the rights in the rest of the world.
Stuart Hinchen, president of JHP, said: "this product will fit well into our current portfolio of marketed products which already includes exports to Canada and Australia."
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