US Launch Of QLT's Photofrin

13 October 1996

QLT Phototherapeutics' light-activated drug Photofrin (porfimer Na) has been launched in the USA. It is approved for use as a palliative treatment for esophageal cancer patients with totally-obstructing tumors and partially-obstructing tumors.

Photofrin is marketed by Sanofi Winthrop which has exclusive US and Caribbean rights to this product and any other light-activated compounds for cancer developed by the company. The treatment has also been approved for certain cancers in Japan, Holland, France and Canada and is under review elsewhere.

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