FDA Approves Wider Use of Lialda for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis

The FDA has approved widening the use of Shire Pharmaceuticals’ drug Lialda to cover maintenance of remission in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a news release by Shire Pharmaceuticals.

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In 2007, the agency approved Lialda, generically known as mesalamine, for induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.

 

Read the Shire Pharmaceuticals release on Lialda.

 

Read the FDA statement about Lialda.

 

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