Strong Ph III results for Lundbeck alcohol dependence drug Selincro
Danish CNS drug specialist Lundbeck (LUN DC) announced positive results of a Phase III clinical program of Selincro (nalmefene), an investigational compound for the treatment of alcohol dependence, at the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA) in Prague, Czech Republic.
Patients given nalmefene reported a 64%-79% drop in total alcohol intake, compared with 49%-64% for those on placebo, The drug, licensed from Finland’s Biotie Therapies, has already been submitted for European approval (The Pharma Letter December 22, 2011), with a decision expected at the beginning of next year. .
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