ReceptoPharm drug lasts four times longer than morphine

8 June 2009

ReceptoPharm, a US biotechnology company, has published positive results from a recent pain study in Toxicon, the official journal of the  International Society on Toxinology.

The study, which examined RPI-78, ReceptoPharm's leading drug candidate  for the treatment of pain, showed that the pain reducing effects of the  drug lasted four times as long as morphine and without the negative side  effects associated with opioid pain relievers.

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