Meditrina in deal with AstraZeneca

18 February 2008

USA-based Meditrina Pharmaceuticals says that it is has completed a global licensing agreement to make, develop and commercialize products under Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca's intellectual property and know-how regarding the use of aromatase inhibitors in combination with estrogen and progestin to treat endometriosis.

This deal expands Meditrina's clinical stage product portfolio which currently includes Femathina (MPI- 674), an AI that the firm is repurposing for the treatment of several serious women's health conditions, including endometrial thinning prior to endometrial ablations in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding. Femathina recently completed a Phase II clinical trial, says the US company.

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