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Press Releases

May 07, 2012 02:00 EDT ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM) today announced that three posters relating to long term data on Plenadren® (hydrocortisone, modified release tablet) were presented at the 2012 joint 15th International Congress of Endocrinology and 14th European Congress of Endocrinology (ICE/ECE), held May 5 through 9, in Florence, Italy.

DuoCort Pharma’s Orphan Drug Plenadren® Granted European Marketing Authorization for Adrenal Insufficiency

Nov 07, 2011 07:00 EST The Swedish specialty pharma company, DuoCort Pharma, announced today that the European Commission has granted a European Marketing Authorisation for Plenadren® (hydrocortisone, modified release tablet), an orphan drug for treatment of adrenal insufficiency in adults, bringing these patients their first pharmaceutical innovation in over 50 years.

DuoCort Pharma receives positive opinion from CHMP for Plenadren®

Jul 22, 2011 09:20 EDT The Swedish specialty pharma company, DuoCort Pharma announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation of its product Plenadren, a novel treatment for adrenal insufficiency.

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DuoCort-A story about a pill

Apr 14, 2010 05:38 EDT DuoCort has developed an improved treatment for patients with adrenal insufficiency, a rare disease for which DuoCort has orphan drug designations in Europe and the USA. The new treatment is a dual release. This means it has an outer layer that immediately releases the drug and an inner core that releases the drug over the day to mimic the body´s own release of cortisol.
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