FDA grants priority review to Salix treatment

 

Published: February 7, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration granted a priority review to its potential treatment for HIV-associated diarrhea.

The Raleigh, N.C., company had submitted the oral treatment, crofelemer, to regulators for review in December. A priority review is given to drugs that may offer treatment advances or provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exis...


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