Wednesday, September 23, 2009

PARI's Altera Delivers Gilead's Cayston, Approved by European Commission to Treat Cystic Fibrosis

PARI Pharma's Altera, which uses eFlow Technology, is the first drug-specific nebuliser for cystic fibrosis and has been specifically developed to deliver Gilead Sciences' Cayston. Cayston, aztreonam lysine 75 mg powder and solvent for nebuliser solution, is a new antibiotic that received conditional marketing approval from the European Commission as a suppressive therapy for cystic fibrosis patients, 18 years and older, who have chronic pulmonary infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infection.

The details can be read here.

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