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Pharma Developments

Panel OKs Kynapid, votes down Pulzium

CDU Staff Report

An FDA panel recently recommended approval of Kynapid but rejected giving a recommendation to Pulzium to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition in which panel of federal advisers this week told the FDA that it should approve Kynapid and Pulzium to treat atrial fibrillation (AF).

Kynapid (vernakalant) is being co-developed by Cardiome Pharma (Vancouver) and Astellas Pharma U.S. (Deerfield, Illinois). Cardiome granted exclusive licensing rights to the U.S. affiliate of Astellas (Tokyo) in October 2003 to develop and commercialize Kynapid in North America. ...

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